Is Japan Open to Tourists?
Is Japan open for international individual travelers? Are borders open as normal in 2024? What are testing, face mask, and vaccine requirements for visitors? These are questions among those planning trips to Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, and this covers the answers.
The good news is that we now have an answer to questions we’ve been asking for nearly two years! First, after reopening to guided tour groups, Japan reopened to individual tourists on October 11, 2022. In the year-plus since, additional changes have occurred to the extent that it’s basically business as usual for visiting Japan in 2024.
We’ve already returned to Japan, spending about a month in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, and elsewhere. In various updates here, we’ve been sharing our experiences and what it’s like as a foreign visitor, what has changed, crowd conditions, expenses of visiting Japan with the weaker yen, and much more. The big one for most of you is likely going to be Japan Face Mask Rules v. Reality in 2024.
Those two posts cover essentially everything you need to know about visiting Japan as of 2024. The short version is that it is possible to enter, regardless of whether you’re vaccinated or unvaccinated, albeit with a testing requirement for the latter. There are no quarantine requirements, and travel is visa-free for the vast majority of people reading this.
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In terms of the latest news, the current vaccine and testing policies ended on May 8, 2023. This is because Japan has formally decided to downgrade the legal status of the novel coronavirus on May 8, 2023 to the same category as common infectious diseases, such as seasonal influenza, thereby easing COVID-19 prevention rules.
This is a major policy shift and will relax–if not eliminate entirely–Japan’s intensive COVID-19 countermeasures, including limiting the movements of infected people and their close contacts. Japan’s reclassification of COVID-19 to Class 5 came after a panel of experts under the health ministry agreed on the plan earlier in the day.
The downgrade would pave the way for a normalization of social and economic activities in Japan, and should mean that non-residents are able to enter the country without PCR tests or additional paperwork. Essentially, there will be no (legal) basis for the current border protocol effective May 8, 2023. Of course, things could change between now and then, but it’s likely the border will revert to late 2019 status as of that date.
We typically spend a couple of months in Japan each year, and are ecstatic to be returning after nearly 3 years away. We are eager to revisit our favorite places, see friends in Japan for the first time in over two years, and continue creating this site’s wealth of free planning resources. We’re excited about this great (but overdue) news, but also go in knowing that things will be different, in ways both good and bad.
For these two-plus years, we’ve been closely monitoring the situation in Japan, watching several hours of NHK each day and reading multiple Japanese news sources. All of this in the hope for some clarity as to when the country will fully reopen and Japan will begin allowing international tourists to enter once again.
What follows is based on that research and fixation with the on-the-ground situation in Japan. We’re preserving this for posterity, but everything that follows is now (thankfully!) obsolete information.
Japan is now allowing foreign nationals to enter Japan for purposes other than tourism so long as they have a sponsor in the country. This includes business travelers on short stays, students in study abroad programs, participants in technical internships, both guided & unguided tour groups, spouses or children (and other relatives) of a Japanese national/permanent resident, others with special exceptional circumstances, and those who would provide a “public benefit” to Japan.
With that in mind, let’s cover how we got here, why Japan maintains the strictest among the Group of Seven developed nations, and what could cause that to change…
Again and again, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said that Japan “will continue to consider how the measures should be by taking into account the infection situations at home and abroad, border control measures taken by other nations, and progress in the rollout of vaccine boosters.”
Kishida has also acknowledged that Japan’s border control measures are the strictest among Group of Seven nations, and expressed a desire/need to bring Japan in line with its counterparts. “This is the first step in our gradual easing of the [border] restrictions,” Kishida has said.
As for why Japan’s border is still closed over a year after most democracies reopened, that can largely be explained by the country’s apprehensiveness of outsiders.
For better or worse, Japan is an insular and culturally conservative country–a characteristic that is often valued by visitors. Not so much in the last couple of years, as this has been reflected in policy-making. Japan has vilified and scapegoated foreigners and had an overly aggressive approach to its borders.
Due to this and other policies, Japan has lagged behind economically, seeing slower recovery than the United States and other counterparts that have more aggressively reopened. Economic benefits of international tourists is one big reason why Japan is expected to reopen its border.
Boosting tourism was core to the late former Prime Minister Abe’s economic revitalization, and both subsequent prime ministers have indicated their intentions to maintain continuity with those plans. However, the number of foreign visitors to Japan dropped to 245,900 last year, the lowest since 1964, as the country enforced tighter border controls. Compared with the pre-pandemic level in 2019, it dropped 99.2 percent. That’s the sharpest fall on record according to the Japan Tourism Agency.
Economists fear a “double dip” recession in Japan due to the prolonged closures and restrictions. Decreased tourism plus falling exports, an increased consumption tax, reduced consumer spending, weak yen, and growing national debt. Japan’s economy has serious issues and inbound tourism was previously a bright spot.
In other words, reopening to international visitors will be important to the health of Japan’s consumption-driven economy at some point in the not too distant future. This becomes increasingly true as the yen weakens due to the Bank of Japan continuing to pursue its loose monetary policy while the United States Federal Reserve, European, and other central banks raise interest rates. Quite simply, Japan is inflicting pain on itself by remaining closed.
There are also signs that stringent travel measures, including the border closure, are having a greater impact on Japan’s economy than previously believed. This is despite Japan’s “Go to Travel” campaign that subsidized domestic travel, which was offered at various times during the last two years.
According to data from the Japan Tourism Agency, stays at hotels and other accommodation facilities hit another record low in Japan last year–breaking the previous record set in 2020. The total of guests at hotels and inns was 315.75 million, down 4.8% from 2020 and 47% from 2019. (This number includes hotels used as government quarantine facilities, not just leisure stays.)
The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party recognizes these problems and realizes it needs to rebuild Japan’s economy. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stated that his top priority was formulating new economic measures and implementing these goals. The government will also take measures to stimulate and jump-start the economy.
Despite the aforementioned numbers, Japan is maintaining its goal of attracting 60 million foreign visitors by 2030. Additionally, the Japan National Tourism Organization has set 2024 as its goal for recovering to 2019 international travel levels. Both of these statements are reassuring given the current border closures, and indicate that Japan will unwind its travel ban in months, not years.
Against that economic backdrop, let’s take a look at the latest changes to Japan’s reopening plans…
We have more good news! Multiple media outlets, including NHK, Kyodo, Nikkei, and Fuji TV are all reporting that Japan’s government is planning to further relax restrictions and border measures with an eye to implementing the revisions by the start of October.
The specifics are not consistent among outlets, so let’s start with where they’re in agreeance.
First, there is consensus that the daily arrival cap, which is currently set at 50,000, will be eliminated entirely.
This is a necessary prerequisite for further reopening and the resumption of more inbound international flights, but this alone was not an obstacle dissuading most international visitors. While the daily number of arrivals was higher pre-closure, we assumed that 50,000 is the level at which this cap becomes immaterial with China still sidelined. Regardless, it’s good to have this removed as it eliminates an element of uncertainty and could have been an issue during peak travel times for the Japanese.
Another possibility is that Japan will allow individual foreign tourists to enter the country and exempt them from visas if they have been vaccinated three times or submit a pre-arrival test result.
This is where there is disagreement among the major outlets. Kyodo, Nikkei, and NHK are reporting that this is to be determined, with government officials still deciding whether to proceed with this plan or start with lifting the daily arrival cap. By contrast, Fuji TV is treating this as a done deal, using less ambiguous language.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reportedly plans to make a decision as early as the end of this week, according to the news outlets’ sources.
These “leaks” came after Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Kihara spoke on Fuji TV over the weekend and stated that Japan will consider easing all three restrictions–the daily arrival cap, ban on individual tourists, and visa requirements. “We will review all three restrictions together. We have to carry it out in the not-so-distant future,” he said.
“Japan has seasonal attractions in fall and winter. We know there are a lot of people overseas who want to come to Japan,” Kihara added. “Amid the weakening yen, inbound travelers will have greatest economic effect…There are many foreign visitors who want to come visit Japan.” Kihara added that eliminating the arrival cap alone was not enough.
Kihara isn’t the only one who has been vocal about fully reopening to tourists recently. During the Bloomberg New Voices panel, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said she would open the country’s doors “tomorrow” if it were her decision. “Tourism is a big industry in Tokyo, as well as in all Japan, so this is the time to greet more foreign tourists by using this advantage of the depreciation of the yen,” she said.
Koike said that Japan’s borders would fully reopen soon. “The national border is under the management of central government,” Koike said. “As governor of Tokyo, that would be tomorrow.”
The yen has fallen to a 24-year low of ¥144 to the dollar, likely contributing to the sense of urgency in the aforementioned interviews.
Japan eased its border restrictions last week, raising the daily arrival cap from 20,000 to 50,000 and dropping the requirement for pre-arrival PCR testing for vaccinated travelers.
Japan also began allowing unguided tours, meaning ones not accompanied by tour conductors. This is specifically for “unguided tour groups” or “non-escorted visitors on package tours” and not individual tourists.
In Unguided Tours in Japan – Reopening Phase Rules, we cover what this entails and the recently-released guidelines and FAQ for these tours. Prior to those guidelines being released, we speculated on how this would work given basic logic and past precedent with prior groups who had been allowed to enter Japan. We were wrong–the unguided tours offered two steps forward but one step backwards.
We mention this in part to own past mistakes, but also as a cautionary tale. While it certainly sounds like the end is near for the Japan travel ban, it’s premature to have a high degree of confidence.
Kishida’s government has been trying to take advantage of the weak yen and accelerate growth by attracting more foreign visitors. It thus stands to reason that opening to individual tourists necessarily needs to occur–that raising the entry cap will do nothing in furtherance of their stated goal. However, as we have seen time and time again, the patently obvious conclusion often is not the outcome reached by Japan.
Moreover, how this played out with Japan’s last announcement is also instructive.
On August 23, specifics of the September relaxation measures were leaked to the same media outlets. At that time, it was unclear whether unguided tourists would be allowed to enter. On August 31, Kishida made an official announcement encompassing all of the rumored changes, including unguided tourists. (It took a few more days for the guidelines to be released, and the clarifying FAQ is still being updated.)
While presenting the above as a cautionary tale against optimism or over reliance on logic when assessing Japan’s decisions, that’s exactly what I’m going to do. (I’m sorry, I can’t help myself. Like a moth to a flame.)
First, there’s already the realization that unguided tours–like guided tours before them–will not move the needle on inbound tourism in any meaningful way. It’s another symbolic measure, and coming at a time when an increasing number of international visitors have already moved on to other destinations and pent-up demand has begun fizzling out. The number of people anxiously awaiting Japan’s reopening is shrinking, not growing.
Second, there’s awareness within the Kishida administration that the window of opportunity to reopen the border is closing. This is something we’ve pointed out in our best and worst case scenarios in prior updates, but there’s only a limited amount of time between waves.
Over two years into this, the seasonality of COVID transmission is well-established. Cases are currently in freefall and will continue decreasing next month before bottoming out sometime between late October and early November. There will be a winter resurgence. It could start as soon as late November, but is more likely in December.
Reopening to individual tourists in October presents minimal (political) risk and maximum (economic) upside. Public opinion polls show that most voters have already moved on from COVID to assorted scandals; the minority who still care will see no immediate increase in cases correlating with the border reopening.
Frankly, the miscalculation here by the Kishida administration is thinking that this will have an immediate impact on inbound travel. Those reading regular updates on Japan’s reopening are not representative of international travelers at large. Most people need months of time between booking and traveling; very few plan and take last-minute trips–especially international ones.
Obviously, the easing has to occur at some point and this lag will always play out, but the notion that this moves the needle for fall is misguided. Autumn is already a lost cause. At best, this helps with winter. More likely, the impact won’t be fully felt until next year’s cherry blossom season.
One wildcard is the downgrade of COVID’s legal status. Several recent updates have centered around Japan’s internal debate over whether to strip COVID-19 of its special status and downgrade it to the same level as the flu in Japan’s infectious disease categories.
It’s been our perspective that this was a necessary prerequisite to welcoming individual tourists as there would no longer be a need for a responsible receiving party to monitor travelers and act as a liaison for infected individuals. Given that none of the recent reports have even mentioned COVID’s status in regard to reopening, it’s possible our perspective was wrong. Or, that this barrier does still exist and Japan will have to create a “solution” for it (travel insurance?) for individual tourists. Either way, that’s something to continue keeping in mind.
Also as previously mentioned, recent poll data also shows the public is now far less concerned with COVID than the economy, Unification Church scandal, Abe’s state funeral, and other issues. It’s entirely possible that Kishida sees this polling and his sagging approval numbers and realizes that it’s time to move forward. That there’s more upside than downside risk in reopening and encouraging more economic activity.
As we’ve stressed repeatedly, Japan’s populace has been among the most cautious in the world with regard to COVID-19. Human behavior and sentiment don’t change overnight, even if it’s economically advantageous and objectively safer to do so. Statements by politicians and medical advisors, gradual border relaxation measures, and other changes could be interpreted as Japan laying the groundwork for a resumption of normalcy and the country’s eventual reopening. It now appears that the time is here–or coming very soon.
With all of this said, I’ll present my revised best, worst, and base-case scenarios for Japan’s reopening to individual tourists…
Let’s start with the best-case scenario. This assumes that Japan downgrades COVID-19 from its special status to Category 5 literally any day now or that this is not a necessary prerequisite to an individual tourist reopening. (With the possible workaround of travel insurance or some other awkward “fix.”)
Critically, this would eliminate the legal requirement of a responsible receiving party for visitors to Japan. In such a scenario, the borders could almost immediately return to their normal pre-closure status in early October. With this, the visa exemption would be reinstated, making that a non-issue. The arrivals cap would also be eliminated in this scenario.
Then there’s the middle ground or base case. This is now the same as the best-case scenario. In short, the early October reopening is not just our most optimistic view–it’s now what we expect to happen.
To differentiate the two, I’ll also allow for a middle ground possibility of a bifurcated decision with the individual tourist reopening a few weeks after the entry cap elimination. Let’s say that happens in early November.
This is would allow a bit of wiggle room for Japan’s slow and belabored decision-making process that involves a lot of “careful consideration” and “evaluating the situation.” If anything has been well-established during the last two-plus years, it’s that inaction is Japan’s baseline, and anything that does happen occurs gradually and in stages.
Finally, the worst-case scenario is that Japan instead opts to revive its “Go to Travel” campaign just in time for fall colors season, and uses that to buoy the tourism sector through December. It’s possible the country views this as sufficient for tourism businesses to stave off bankruptcy or other financial hardship for another few months.
If/when there’s another winter resurgence in cases, the reopening can would effectively be kicked down the road for a few more months. That would mean individual tourists would not be welcomed back to Japan until sometime in the first half of 2023. I’m inclined to say Spring 2023, but it’s easy to envision a worst-case that isn’t until summer.
Our view is that the worst-case scenario is now highly unlikely. Japan relaxed its border measures earlier in September while still being #1 in the world for new cases. This indicates that Japan is finally ready to move forward and sets the precedent for future changes during waves. Who knows–it still may take until early 2023 to fully downgrade the legal status of COVID. But whatever winter wave occurs (and one will happen), that’s unlikely to be an obstacle to reopening progress, as was the case last year.
With all of that in mind, we remain cautiously optimistic that individual tourists will be allowed to enter Japan sooner rather than later. The political and economic appetite for fully relaxation now clearly exists, and there’s a vocal chorus of politicians in Japan–including those who were previously in favor of closed borders–championing reopening. It’s now the popular position being advanced publicly by politicians, not just being advocated by Keidanren or Japan’s business lobby.
Japan fully reopening in full is all but inevitable at this point. It will happen soon. The end is near.
It’s thus our view that Japan reopening in some capacity to individual tourists in October is a very realistic scenario. As improbable as it might’ve seemed even a week ago, Japan welcoming back international visitors who are not part of tours (guided or unguided) sometime before November is likely. It’s pretty clear the government is focused on moving forward. As frustrating as this whole process has been, Japan is not still (completely) stuck in March 2020.
As always, Japan is cautious and conservative, with a slow and belabored decision-making process that often embodies “analysis paralysis” and usually defies logic. That’s a wild card that could further extend any timeline. However, Japan is now joining the rest of the world as people are ready to move on with life.
We’ll keep watching the news and keep you posted if/when there are further developments about Japan reopening and allowing entry to travelers from the United States, Canada, Europe, and beyond. Again, if you’d like to be notified as soon as more details are released or rumored, subscribe to our free email newsletter for ongoing updates and alerts:
If you’re planning a visit to Japan, our recommendation at this point is to target sometime in November at the earliest. In our view, koyo (autumn leaves) season is a good bet, and that takes place from mid-November through December. That’s simply a good time to visit Japan and, hopefully, the country will be open to individual tourists by then.
Speaking of which, check out our Japan Fall Colors Forecast & Autumn Foliage Viewing Guide to get started on planning your trip to visit Japan’s popular fall foliage cities, including Kyoto, Tokyo, Mount Fuji, Miyajima, Hiroshima, Himeji, and Nara. That also offers tips for avoiding crowds and strategy for visiting the best temples, shrines, and evening illuminations.
If you’re planning a trip to the Japan, check out our other posts about Japan for ideas on other things to do! We also recommend consulting our Ultimate Guide to Kyoto and Ultimate Guide to Tokyo to plan.
Your Thoughts
Would you consider visiting Japan later this year, or is international travel out of the question for you anytime soon? How do you view the news about guided tours? Think those will stick around for several months, or are simply theater to shift public opinion? Think the need to adapt and live with the endemic virus will outweigh fear when it comes to Japan’s reopening plans? Any thoughts or tips of your own to add? If you’re planning your trip to Japan, what do you think about these itineraries? Any questions? Hearing your feedback about your experiences is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts or questions below in the comments!
Trying to head over to see family in December of this year, really hoping it can happen!
I’m planning to do a year abroad in Japan (work&travel). I’m also getting vaccinated in August. Do you think October/ November would be realistic? I’m really hoping that the borders will open soon!
Japan doesn’t “scapegoat” foreign visitors. Historically, Japan has not been the most open, welcoming country – and all the better for it. It’s their country, they don’t want their country, their culture steamrolled by masses of immigrants, fake “refugees” and assorted hipster hangers-on. It’s their country. Not everyone is dumb enough to believe “diversity is a strength”.
Japan does not have a problem with illegal immigration. Unlike the United States they are very vigilant and enforce their immigration laws and their borders.
Our family wants to visit Okinawa, Japan in late September to visit a military family member. We have never traveled internationally and are finding the added covid closures to be a nightmare. Question for you: If one purchases an airline ticket to a location with currently closed border, do you get to change the ticket to a future time for free if the border remains closed to prevent you from your planned flight dates?
I think it depends on the airline but I know that JAL were advertising that all of their flights are amendable atm due to COVID-19 so that could be worth looking into. Definitely check with the airlines you are considering using what their amendments/cancellation policy is – sometimes it’s free to amend or cancel, other times there are fees or it isn’t possible. Its always best (especially atm) to check in advance to purchasing especially if its dependant on which type of ticket you buy (e.g. economy, premium. business etc.). Hope that helps ^^
Peggy, talk to the carrier/airline. Most are flexible. If you but via an online agency best to contact them. In either case you should buy trip insurance including cancellation, just to be safe. Okinawa is a great place to visit – it was my home for 15 months – many decades ago.
I’m hoping to go back July 2022. Think that would be likely?
Thanks for the updates. Very informative. We cancelled our early November trip until 2022, but can’t wait to see fall color again in Japan.
I’m planning a birthday trip to Tokyo Dec 2021. Really hoping the borders are open by then. I’ve been working it out since March when I caught a mistake airfare. I’m fully vaccinated and have a hotel reservation I just need them to let me in! Fingers crossed since it’s both a bucket list and a cultural heritage thing.
Our current plans are to go to Japan next April, the one extra insight I can add is that now the companies in Japan are fully involved in getting all workers vaccinated, which is a big help in getting to herd immunity there .
Have trip booked for March 2022, not sure to keep it or book elsewhere.
Thanks for the great information, here. But there’s one big problem with the possible reopening in November: the upcoming flash elections… Suga will dissolve the Japanese Diet in September and I really doubt he will take any risks, by trumpeting to a “gaijin” scared population that he will be opening up the country afterwards… Maybe in mid to late September we will have the elections. In less than 60 to 90 days there will be no decisive action regarding a reopening by stages (we all know how slow and cautious the Japanese Government machine really is)… First Business, Students, Bubble Countries, etc. Tourists last. That may mean April 2022 for regular tourists. I’m waiting since May 2019 for my trip to Japan… Already got 3 returns trips cancelled: April 2020, November 2020, April 2021. I hope November 2021 doesn’t get shot down too… I’m beyond disappointed with all this…Stay safe and be patient… Very patient…
Counterpoint: if the currently accelerating vaccination rate acts as a backstop against new cases during the Olympics and there isn’t a significant spike as a result of the event, that will greatly reassure the Japanese public. At that point, or at least by early fall when there’s essentially open-access to vaccines in Japan, the emphasis will shift to economic recovery–and thus, reviving international tourism.
I’d agree with your perspective on Suga not wanting to take any risks if he were currently enjoying high favorability ratings. But that’s not even remotely the case. Just like he stood nothing to gain by pushing the IOC harder to cancel the Olympics (because most Japanese thought he already should’ve done that), he stands little to gain by maintaining the status quo beyond August/September 2021. His best chance for success is swinging for the fences and hoping those decisions are vindicated.
It’s quite absurd considering that ivermectin is 99% effective in curing Covid. That is the science. The rest is a lot of profit a small group of people
My theory is that Japan will open up soon after the Olympics. They probably want both tourism and the Olympics to happen, but not at the same time as they also do not want the amount of tourism that is usually associated with the event. Japan won’t even talk about the possibility of opening up until afterwards. This way no country or person can complain and say “that’s only a few weeks after the Olympics! Just open up earlier and let us come in too!”
I’m heading to Osaka probably four weeks after the tourist ban is lifted and most of the procedural wrinkles have been worked out. Would hate to take that 15 hr flight, then told to turnaround and go home!
We were suppose to go on a photo trip to Japan in November but most likely going to postpone to the following November.
You have false info in your article – foreign residents in Japan ARE allowed to come back into the country. They just need to go through a bunch of testing and quarantines.
My partner retired last year from a major airlines with two years in active status, which is important when flying standby, and lifetime flight benefits. We missed out on two planned vacations last year to the Amalfi coast of Italy and our fourth trip to Japan. He has a nephew in Tokyo so we have double reason to visit. As soon as Japan says Americans can visit, I’m there. I work in healthcare and have been vaccinated since January, so I’ve been chomping at the bits to fly international.
My son and I lost our month long dream first trip to Japan. My airline, Aeromexico refused to give me my airmiles back. They said we had to take the trip before August. Japan is closed. I spent most of my savings supporting my family through the economic crisis. Doubtful we can go to Japan now. I am mad at Japan. I spent 6 years studying the language and wanted to have a cultural trip since I am part Japanese. All of this is lost now because Japan couldn’t get its act together and vaccinate its population. We are all vaccinated now but you won’t let us come into the country. Just like during Sakoku. You have accomplished nothing by keeping foreigners out. My trip and dreams of visiting the country of my ancestors are now gone. How can
you give me this back?
You really thought Japan would do otherwise? Then you really dont know Japan at all.
This is the correct response
Sorry it was a cultural trip more then a vacation. We were also going to do several farm stays as well. Mute point however. My ticket and money for the trip are now gone. You people seem to want to congratulate Japan for failing with the pandemic. Japan sitting behind closed borders has watched the rest of the world screw it up and then turned around and screwed it up as well. The pandemic is almost over in North America in large part because of Vaccinations. Japan with such a large economy should have had most of its population vaccinated months ago. Its not just those of us that wanted to tour their country but everyone in Japan that works in tourism that have had their livelihoods completly destroyed.
And Sammy pretty condescending remark there. I doubt you understand Japan either, since nobody can claim that.
My son lives in Japan. We have been apart for nearly 2 years. Normally I’m in Tokyo 4 months per year with my son. Now it’s all messed up. This is a real problem.
I totally understand where you’re coming from. It’s not just Japan that thinks it can seal itself off from COVID instead of vaccinating its way out. There was a sign outside a shop in Australia the other day saying something like “We’re closed because that idiot Scott Morrison didn’t get us enough vaccines to stop another lockdown.”
The only thing that should be blamed is Aeromexico. A lot of countries still have closed borders. It’s not going to change just because you want some vacation with your son.
Just start churning credit cards and saving the miles. Also sign up for scottscheapflights and wait for a cheap deal. I got a ticket to Japan for 300 bucks. Then it got down to 200 bucks. Japan is worth the effort. Ive been once. I am going back…..
If you bought your tickets on a credit card on AeroMexico you might see if you can cancel your credit card charge. Most airlines honor your ticket for at least a year, many have extended that to two years. You might also contact IATA as there are rules they have to abide by as IATA members. Finally, always get trip cancellation insurance to protect those non-refundable expenses. Most hotels you can delay payment until just prior to your departure so it’s mostly insuring your flights. Most cattier also offer insurance against flight cancellation.
Tomato Lady at KCC Saturday morning Farmers Market, misses & appreciates her customers from Japan.
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Hi there. Why not Japan is considering inoculated foreign visitors for olympics or having a negative PCR test. Like other countries are doing and they started welcoming foreigners.
For the business people like me who got a job in Tokyo and waiting eagerly to join new company I don’t know why Japan is not allowing the foreign business people to enter. Japanese Govt. should think about it. Inoculation, negative PCR test and 14 days quarantine options can be availed. Isn’t it…
Right?! :(( I’m still waiting for the borders of Japan to open for foreigners who wants to reside and has already planned to work to Japan.
I’m from Philippines and it’s just sad to wait for something without any assurance if they’ll accept us this year, it feels like my plans were wrecked because of the pandemic :((
Processing papers for Japan is hard here, and the process was so slow…
I feel the same way like u
Emma are you African? Yes, I am. And I’ve been waiting on japan reopen.
Honestly between both the Olympics and the ubiquity of test result forgeries, it’s unsurprising that they are being cautious — at least until the games have concluded. I say this as a vaccinated person who is ostensibly going to be working from Osaka for a month this fall (yeah right) and is feeling pretty disappointed.
“Every time unemployment goes up 1%, 40,000 people die”. I really hope when all this is over someone does a study to see how many people were killed by economic damage and sequestration versus the virus itself. I bet suicides in Japan are trending very steadily upward.