Japan Welcomed More Refugees From Ukraine Than Foreign Tourists Since Reopening


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With just 1,500 foreign tourists arriving to take a package tour last month, it's been a painfully slow restart for Japan after the two-year ban.

Japan’s carefully measured reopening to foreign tourists will likely have exasperated travel and tourism executives. That’s because the country welcomed just 1,500 foreign tourists in the month up to July 10, according to new figures. At the s