BBC
 
Japan will open its doors back up to foreign tourists, after more than two years of closed borders due to the Covid pandemic.
Tourists will be able to visit the country without a visa, and will no longer need to go through a travel agency, from 11 October.
A cap on daily arrivals will also ...

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CNA
 
Japan's government is considering allowing hotels to refuse entry to guests who do not wear masks and follow other measures to control infection during an outbreak, Fuji News Network said on Wednesday (Sep 21).
The government will submit a Bill at an extraordinary session of parliament next...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese policymakers expect that a further reopening of Japan's borders to foreign visitors will breathe life into inbound tourism that had been hit by COVID-19 travel restrictions.
The hope is that a weaker yen will be an additional boost, providing a win-win situation for foreign ...

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STRAITS TIMES
 
Japan is expected to lift a ban on individual tourist visa requirements and remove a limit on daily arrivals in October, as it aims to benefit from a rebound in global tourism, Nikkei reported Thursday.
Following the change, Japan will not require visas for short-term travellers f...

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Businesses want prime minister Fumio Kishida to loosen restrictions to help the world’s third-biggest economy recover from the pandemic
Japan could return to unfettered tourism by the end of next month as pressure builds on the government to end Covid-19 travel restrictions and cas...

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CNA
 
Japan's government is planning to waive tourist visa requirements from some countries as part of a further easing of border controls enacted to stop the spread of COVID-19, Fuji News Network reported on Monday (Sep 12).
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may decide as early as this week on the ea...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan is reviewing its border control policy of keeping daily entries below 50,000 and will remove it in the "not so distant future," a government spokesman said Sunday.
The government will simultaneously relax other restrictions including a visa requirement and the requirement to tr...

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CNA
 
Japan further relaxed its infection border controls on Wednesday (Sep 7), but its insistence on visitor visas means the yen's plunge will not translate to a tourism boom any time soon.
The government raised the daily ceiling of inbound travellers to 50,000 from 20,000 and scrapped a require...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's relaxed border measures from Wednesday, including raising a daily cap on arrivals from 20,000 to 50,000, will not translate into a surge of tourists to gun its economy unless they are given greater freedom to travel in the country, industry officials say.
They say that touris...

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NHK
 
The Japan Tourism Agency has revised its guidelines for overseas tourists as the county prepares to reopen to individual tourists next week.
Starting on Wednesday, the government will allow tourists from all countries to enter Japan without joining a guided tour.
Travelers will be able to p...

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