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Japan tourism

September 14, 2022
Japan Set to Welcome Unrestricted Tourism by October
By Thisanka Siripala
Japan’s struggling tourism sector sees a light at the end of the tunnel as “self-guided” tours make way for full travel.

August 24, 2022
Japan to Ease COVID-19 Border Controls From Sept. 7
By Mari Yamaguchi
Japan, which has imposed some of the toughest border measures amid the pandemic, continues its gradual reopening even as case counts soar.

June 10, 2022
Japan Eases Foreign Tourism Ban, Allows Guided Package Tours
By Mari Yamaguchi
The Japan Tourism Agency says tours are being accepted from 98 countries and regions.

May 02, 2022
What’s Behind Japan’s Continued COVID-19 Border Restrictions?
By Thisanka Siripala
Japan remains closed to international tourists and has not yet made plans to reopen despite a global trend to lift pandemic entry restrictions.

November 25, 2021
Japan’s New Pandemic Border Restrictions Disappoint Residents Stranded Abroad
By Thisanka Siripala
Many foreign residents have had their hopes to enter Japan dashed as new border controls make little impact.

July 01, 2020
After the Virus: Japan’s Painful Economic Recovery
By Anthony Fensom
Anticipation of an economic windfall in 2020 has fallen flat, but there’s still hope for the post-COVID future.

June 16, 2020
Japan’s Campaign to Revive Virus-Hit Tourism Sector Postponed Amid Cost Controversy
By Thisanka Siripala
A newly devised tourism recovery campaign gets bogged down in a debate over transparency and inflated costs.

February 13, 2020
Will Japan’s Economy Buckle Under the Coronavirus Outbreak?
By Thisanka Siripala
Japanese companies are bracing for a slowdown in supply chains and sales.

March 27, 2019
Amid Thaw, Japan Is Seeing a Boom in Chinese Tourists
By Daniel Hurst
The influx is remaking Japan's ski resorts -- and potentially its foreign policy as well.

March 15, 2019
How Media Discourages Japanese Youth From Travel Abroad
By Xiaochen Su
Japan’s best-selling travel guide has a tendency to heavily stress crime and danger in other countries.

June 12, 2015
Japan’s China-Driven Tourism Boom
By Trevor Kennedy and Lotus Yang Ruan
Maritime tensions and historical issues notwithstanding, Chinese tourists are flocking to Japan. Why?

May 15, 2015
Australia, Japan Top For Tourists
By Anthony Fensom
Tourism remains an area of great potential for the Asia-Pacific.
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