Hong Kong visitors have been categorized into the group “Blue”, which will be granted testing and quarantine exemptions. It will take some time before foreign visitors can come to Japan for individual tourism, Shimoaraiso said. The government's decision will set the stage for reviving inbound tourism for the first time in about two years. Since Tuesday, the transport and tourism ministry has been inviting travel company employees from Australia, Singapore, Thailand and the United States for small-scale test tours of Japan. But the country has closed its borders to foreign tourists since the early stage of the pandemic in 2020.

Source: The Standard May 26, 2022 18:27 UTC