Japan Updates Tourism Policy with Small Reopening

A select group of travelers from four countries will be able to travel to Japan for tourism purposes this month, according to CNN. In a press release shared by Japan’s Department of Tourism, the agency announced that small groups of fully vaccinated travelers, meaning those who also have a booster shot, from the United States, Australia, Thailand, and Singapore will be able to enter Japan later in May.

The allowance of these tourism entries is essentially an experiment so that Japanese officials can determine best practices for a larger reopening.

“We will carry out a demonstration project in the form of a small-group package tour in which the company manages behavior,” the agency said in a press release shared with Loyalty Lobby. “In this project, we will verify the compliance method of infection control measures and emergency response, etc., formulate ‘guidelines’ that summarize the…