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| Above, the Asahi Beer Hall and the Tokyo Skytree. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
This has to be one of those cases of "when I see it, I'll believe it."
The Japanese government is expected to announce their foreign tourism plan tomorrow. They are going to double the quota of foreign tourists allowed in to 20,000 and relax other restrictions.
According to the Mainichi Shimbun:
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government is making final arrangements to resume accepting foreign tourists in June, further relaxing its border controls imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic, sources close to the matter said Wednesday.
Since March, Japan has been easing its COVID-19 border controls, planning to double the cap on overseas arrivals to 20,000 per day starting on June 1. The country will accept foreign tourists within the quota, the sources said.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is expected to announce the plan Thursday at the earliest, they added.
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