{"id":3732,"date":"2022-08-24T07:56:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T07:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/japan-to-waive-pre-departure-covid-19-tests-for-vaccinated-travellers\/"},"modified":"2022-08-24T07:56:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T07:56:11","slug":"japan-to-waive-pre-departure-covid-19-tests-for-vaccinated-travellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/japan-to-waive-pre-departure-covid-19-tests-for-vaccinated-travellers\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan to waive pre-departure COVID-19 tests for vaccinated travellers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Japan in June opened up to tourists for the first time in two years, but requirements that they apply for visas and stick to guided, package tours have kept actual numbers of inbound visitors small.<\/p>\n<p>Local media reported on Tuesday that Japan may raise a daily cap on inbound travellers from 20,000 to 50,000, but no decision has been made, Kishida said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will continue relaxing these measures gradually,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We hope to announce something soon based on the quarantine setup and the situation with infections.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The border easing comes as Japan deals with a seventh wave of infections, driven by the infectious BA.4 and BA.5 variants, that have forced companies to idle production lines and driven COVID-19 deaths to a record 343 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>All the same, Kishida is pushing a living &#8220;with corona&#8221; strategy of weathering the surge without imposing restrictions on businesses or mobility, and focusing medical resources on elderly and high-risk patients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Japan in June opened up to tourists for the first time in two years, but requirements that they apply for visas and stick to guided, package tours have kept actual numbers of inbound visitors small. 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