Japan raises daily arrival cap to 50,000

Japan raises daily arrival cap to 50,000

Passengers from Thailand arrive at Narita airport near Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2022. Japan, whose tourism sector has been reeling in the face of strict COVID-19 border controls imposed for more than two years, increased its daily entry cap on arrivals from 20,000 to 50,000 the same day.

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