Tasuku Ikeda

Feb 28, 2023 | caixinglobal.com | Takemi Nakagawa |Tasuku Ikeda

(Nikkei Asia) — Japanese tourism is back in full swing after the government eased Covid-19 entry restrictions for Chinese travelers, though a wave of new arrivals is adding pressure to an industry already grappling with a widespread labor shortage. Japan scrapped a blanket testing requirement on travelers from China at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, a restriction that had been imposed since Dec. 30 in response to a surge in coronavirus cases there.

Feb 28, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Takemi Nakagawa |Tasuku Ikeda

TOKYO -- Japanese tourism is back in full swing after the government eased COVID-19 entry restrictions for Chinese travelers, though a wave of new arrivals is adding pressure to an industry already grappling with a widespread labor shortage. Japan scrapped a blanket testing requirement on travelers from China at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, a restriction that had been imposed since Dec. 30 in response to a surge in coronavirus cases there.