Japan is evaluating its border control strategy of keeping day-to-day entries under 50,000 and will remove it in the near future. The Japan government will relax other restrictions at the same time including requirement of a visa and the obligation …

Japan last week raised the daily ceiling of inbound travellers to 50,000 from 20,000 and eliminated a requirement for pre-departure COVID tests, easing what have been among the most restrictive border measures among major economies.

Tourism is a big industry in Tokyo, as well as in all Japan, so this is the time to greet more foreign tourists by using this advantage of the depreciation of the yen.

In this (post) pandemic world, Japan is the only G7 nation that has yet to reopen fully for tourism.

Japan opens the borders for more than 100 international tourists for the first time after 2020. However, the country requires tourists to travel in groups.

The World Travel & Tourism Council has recent disclosed that Japan’s Travel & Tourism will provide a major enhancement to the economic recovery of the country in 2023.

After over two years, world’s one of the most preferred travel destinations have reopened its doors for the tourists. Yet few came in. At the Haneda International Airport in Tokyo on June 10th, un-exhausted yet-enthusiastic travelers following a flag-carrying tour …

Hiroshi Kawaguchi is an operator of a tour company in Kyoto. He is now happy that Japan would welcome foreign tourists once againafter a hiatus of two years and closing of the country’s borders. However, Kawaguchi’s enthusiasm declined as soon …

The Japan Tourism Agency said that it would permit small group tours in May, which is part of a “test tourism” trial before Japan reopens fully to foreign visitors. JTA said that the trial will help the Japanese government to …

While majority of the world has now reopened – in some form or other – for international travelers, there are still few countries that are contemplating to relax entry restrictions and encourage reappearance of tourists. One such country is Japan. …