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Japan tourism
![Japan Set to Welcome Unrestricted Tourism by October Japan Set to Welcome Unrestricted Tourism by October](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-09-13-172353.jpg)
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.
![Japan to Ease COVID-19 Border Controls From Sept. 7 Japan to Ease COVID-19 Border Controls From Sept. 7](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-02-28-193800.jpg)
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.
![Japan Eases Foreign Tourism Ban, Allows Guided Package Tours Japan Eases Foreign Tourism Ban, Allows Guided Package Tours](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-06-10-122350.jpg)
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.
![What’s Behind Japan’s Continued COVID-19 Border Restrictions? What’s Behind Japan’s Continued COVID-19 Border Restrictions?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-11-15-165848.jpg)
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.
![Japan’s New Pandemic Border Restrictions Disappoint Residents Stranded Abroad Japan’s New Pandemic Border Restrictions Disappoint Residents Stranded Abroad](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-11-25-115537.jpg)
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.
![After the Virus: Japan’s Painful Economic Recovery After the Virus: Japan’s Painful Economic Recovery](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-06-26-10.jpg)
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.
![Japan’s Campaign to Revive Virus-Hit Tourism Sector Postponed Amid Cost Controversy Japan’s Campaign to Revive Virus-Hit Tourism Sector Postponed Amid Cost Controversy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-06-15-4.jpg)
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.
![Will Japan’s Economy Buckle Under the Coronavirus Outbreak? Will Japan’s Economy Buckle Under the Coronavirus Outbreak?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-14602900111_d1d29d5d52_k.jpg)
Will Japan’s Economy Buckle Under the Coronavirus Outbreak?
By Thisanka Siripala
Japanese companies are bracing for a slowdown in supply chains and sales.
![Amid Thaw, Japan Is Seeing a Boom in Chinese Tourists Amid Thaw, Japan Is Seeing a Boom in Chinese Tourists](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-3217906938_223fc2716f_b.jpg)
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.
![How Media Discourages Japanese Youth From Travel Abroad How Media Discourages Japanese Youth From Travel Abroad](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-adult-2693054_1280.jpg)
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.
![Japan’s China-Driven Tourism Boom Japan’s China-Driven Tourism Boom](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-06-12_09-52-17.jpg)
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?
![Australia, Japan Top For Tourists Australia, Japan Top For Tourists](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-05-15_06-57-45.jpg)
Australia, Japan Top For Tourists
By Anthony Fensom
Tourism remains an area of great potential for the Asia-Pacific.
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