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Arrivals must have three COVID vaccination shots and be part of a package tour with a fixed itinerary, report says.

His cautious stance — which he credits for helping keep Japan’s virus death rate low — has helped bolster his public support ahead of a key upper house election set to be held in July. Until the pandemic, inbound travel was a rare bright spot for Japan’s economy as the number of foreign visitors expanded five-fold between 2011 and 2019. Those wishing to visit must have undergone three Covid vaccination shots and be part of a package tour with a fixed itinerary, FNN said Friday, citing multiple government officials. “Japan was very slow in the economic recovery compared to the U.S. on ‘living with the virus,’ so in that sense, the reopening of Japan will help to boost expectations for inbound recovery,” said Ayako Sera, a market strategist at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd. “As soon as June, based on the opinions of experts, we will review coronavirus regulations, including border policies, in stages,” Kishida said late on Thursday. “We are still in a period of transition back to normal life.” Japan is set to experiment with opening its borders to small groups of vaccinated foreign tourists as soon as this month, Fuji News Network reported, in a potential lifeline for the country’s ailing travel industry.

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"Sustained growth; stable markets; and safe, reliable companies, products and services. "But I am prepared to lead reform efforts to tackle these challenges head-on. In a speech at the medieval Guildhall at the heart of Britain's financial district, Kishida set out his plan to grow the world's third-largest economy by attracting private-sector investment and redistributing wealth.

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This consideration is for travel agencies and others to better manage the inflow of tourists. This will, however, be monitored, and if the Covid-19 situation remains stable, the program will be extended to more tourists. According to Nikkei, the limit of incoming tourists will change from the current 10,000 to 20,000.

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For months now, Japan’s tourism industry has been urging the government to allow in more overseas visitors. In recent months, though, vaccinated foreign visitors have been welcomed back to a growing number of Asian destinations, including India, South Korea, the Philippines and Malaysia. In another press conference yesterday, Kishida said that changes to Japan’s entry requirements would be implemented in stages.

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It plans to raise the cap as well as the number of foreign tourists in stages in the months to come. Prior to the pandemic, Japan had been keen to boost tourism as a driver of economic growth, with a goal to welcome 40 million foreign visitors in 2020. Japan is looking to resume accepting some foreign tourists in June at the earliest as the country has begun to ease the strict border controls it introduced in response to the coronavirus pandemic, a government source said Friday.

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“The government will have identified a series of steps that need to be taken to reopen the country. It would seem that Japan is set to open for tourism again in June.” This allowed us to fortify our healthcare system and promote vaccinations.

Those planning to visit the country will probably need at least three Covid vaccinations, however, and may not have free movement.

However, the Nikkei newspaper has suggested that this will at least be doubled to 20,000. Details are yet to be confirmed but Japan’s Fuji News Network has reported that those planning on visiting the country must have received at least three Covid vaccinations. We have now eased border control measures significantly, with the next easing taking place in June, when Japan will introduce a smoother entry process similar to that of other G7 members”. In 2019, the country welcomed nearly 32 million overseas visitors and was growing in popularity. A cap on overseas arrivals remains in place and currently stands at 10,000 passengers per day, up from 7,000 earlier this year. However, he gave no exact details on what the loosening of restrictions might look like.

The island prefecture of Hokkaidō, Japan's second-largest island, has a rich cultural history of hunter-gatherers both on land and at sea.

But as the Tsushima Warm Current strengthened and nutrients dwindled, inland cultures thrived and expanded. They discovered a large shift in oxygen isotopes about 2,300 years ago, suggesting a switch in north Hokkaidō's climate from being controlled mostly by the westerlies and monsoon to being controlled by the Tsushima Warm Current. Over thousands of years through the Holocene and into the 19th century, the prevalence of these cultures across the island waxed and waned.

When Ukraine asked Japan for assistance in response to the Russian invasion, the Defense Ministry took quick action.

However, some Defense Ministry officials have raised concerns over the provision of drones. In 2020, Mitsubishi Electric Corp. struck a deal with the Philippine government to export air defense systems. Taking this opportunity, we need to deepen discussions on what we think about weapons." In addition, defense equipment whose export is banned under the new principles are detailed in a list attached to the Export Trade Control Order based on the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law. Until then, Japanese defense equipment were banned from export. Transfer of defense equipment and technology to countries that are "party to a conflict" is not permitted under the new three principles.

Virtual YouTubers like Iizuka, who voices and animates a character called Yume Kotobuki, have transformed a niche Japanese subculture into a thriving industry where top accounts can rake in more than a million dollars a year.

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Japan is planning to relax some of its travel restrictions in time for summer.

Tips + News The development comes as some countries in Asia are loosening their COVID travel restrictions, such as Singapore, which dropped its COVID testing requirement for vaccinated travelers on April 26. Tips + News With the possible easing of entry restrictions, Japan is also considering increasing its daily entry limits. Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei reported Friday that “the same framework is expected to be put in place for tourists.” But this week, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida offered some hope that the Asian country could soon be reopening to leisure travel.

The Japanese premier's appearance at the forum would be the first since 2014. . Read more at straitstimes.com.