TOKYO, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) — Japan on Wednesday lifted the every day entry cap on arrivals to the nation from 20,000 to 50,000, in a bid to bolster the ailing tourism sector amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Also efficient Wednesday, vacationers coming to Japan might be exempt from taking COVID-19 exams 72 hours earlier than departure if they’ve obtained three vaccination photographs.
Japan has been seeking to convey its entrance protocols, as soon as probably the most inflexible among the many Group of Seven (G7) main developed nations, in keeping with different main economies.
The authorities is now encouraging vacationers to go to the world’s third largest economic system and reap the benefits of the weak yen, which hit a contemporary 24-year low Wednesday, which bolsters vacationers’ buying energy whereas right here and can assist the nation’s tepid financial restoration.
Japan remains to be grappling with a seventh wave of COVID-19 infections, recording report instances in latest days.
This is as a result of extremely transmissible BA.5 Omicron subvariant of the virus persevering with to run rampant nationwide.
Despite the excessive an infection fee, the federal government has not declared a COVID-19 state of emergency and has not instituted any anti-virus restrictions as was the case when infections had beforehand surged.