Japan has reopened its doorways to vacationers after two-and-a-half years of powerful COVID-19 restrictions, with officers hoping an inflow of travellers enticed by a weak yen will enhance the economic system.
From Tuesday, visa-free entry resumed for travellers from 68 nations and territories.
Vacationers should nonetheless current both proof of vaccination or a damaging coronavirus take a look at taken three days earlier than departure.
Japan slammed its borders shut early within the pandemic, at one level even barring overseas residents from returning, and has solely lately begun cautiously reopening.
In June, it started permitting vacationers to go to in teams accompanied by guides, a requirement that was additional relaxed to incorporate self-guided package deal excursions.
In 2019, a document 31.9 million overseas guests got here to Japan, placing the nation on monitor for its objective of 40 million by 2020, when Tokyo was imagined to host the Summer time Olympics.
However in 2021, the determine plummeted to simply 250,000.