Chinese tourists with multiple-entry visas

NAHA, Japan - Chinese tourists with visas allowing multiple entries to Japan over a three-year period arrive at Naha airport in Okinawa Prefecture on July 7, 2011. They left Shanghai the previous day. The issuance of the visas, which require the recipients to visit Okinawa Prefecture during their first trip, is aimed at boosting visitor numbers to Japan, which have dropped since the March earthquake and tsunami.

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