Japan to waive off tourist visa requirements to ease border controls

The Japan Government is planning to all set to waive tourist visa requirements from some countries, as it plans to further ease border controls that were put into place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. As per the latest reports, Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida might likely decide on this as early as this week, which will allow individual travellers to visit Japan without travel agency bookings.

Also, reports have it that the Japan Government in all likelihood will scrap the daily cap on arrivals by October.
Revealing more on the tourist visa, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, Seiji Kihara stated that a weak Yen is most effective in attracting inbound tourism, and that further steps must be taken to lure foreign visitors.

Reportedly, Japan raised the daily cap of inbound travellers from 20000 to 50000, and also eliminated the requirement for pre-departure COVID tests to lure more and more visitors to the country.
Therefore, as reported earlier, those visiting Japan will from now on be exempt from taking COVID-19 tests 72 hours before departure, if they have been vaccinated by three shots.

If reports are to go by, Japan has been looking to bring its entrance protocols, which was once the most rigid among the G7 nations, in line with other major economies.