The government is considering gradually resuming the acceptance of foreign tourists visiting Japan from next month.

The policy is to carefully assess the infection situation in Japan and overseas after the Golden Week holidays, and then decide on the final response.

Prime Minister Kishida gave a lecture on the border measures of the new Corona on the 5th in the UK he visited, and next month, he plans to ease the entry so that smooth entry to the other G7 = 7 major countries will be possible. I have stated.



In response to this, the government has begun concrete discussions with related ministries and agencies, and is considering gradually resuming the acceptance of foreign tourists who are still suspending measures from next month. ..



In addition, in order to verify the impact and challenges of infection control prior to the resumption of acceptance, we are considering conducting a small-scale visit to Japan with foreigners from some countries on a trial basis. We are also discussing how to handle the upper limit of the number of immigrants, which is currently set at 10,000 per day.



The government wants to avoid spreading the infection of the new corona, and plans to make a final response after carefully assessing the infection situation in Japan and overseas after the Golden Week holidays.