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Japan will to overseas tourists and its two-year pandemic closure. The government has to allow tourists from 98 countries from June the 10th. However, the opening will tightly controlled. Initially, only package tour groups will allowed in. A daily cap of 20,000 arrivals has been . Authorities will monitor their movements to any spread of Covid-19. All visitors have to test negative for Covid before they travel to Japan. Some may have to an additional test and for three days. Japan has among the strictest border controls of any country. Its self-imposed isolation has a part in its relatively low number of coronavirus cases.

Japan's change of stance welcome news for its tourism industry, which has heavily over the past two years. The number of overseas visitors has by over 99 per cent since pre-pandemic days. Japan saw a record 32 million foreign visitors in 2019. It on track to achieve its goal of 40 million in 2020. However, Covid the number of inbound tourists to plummet to just 250,000 in 2021. The president of the Japanese airline ANA said: "I the border controls are at the same pace as in other G7 countries to the local economy." Japan's loosening of its entry restrictions timely. Last week, the World Economic Forum Japan highest on its list of global travel destinations.