Wary of foreign 'bad manners', Japan cautiously eases borders to aid tourism.
As reported by Reuters on May 30, 2022, Japan's easing of a two-year ban on foreign tourists seeks to balance the enormous economic importance of tourism with concerns that travelers would trigger a COVID outbreak, insiders say.
Under the decision, Japan will allow in a limited number of foreign tourists on package tours starting June 10. Last week a few "test tours", mainly of overseas travel agents, started to arrive.
