A cabinet member who gave an interview on Sunday said that Japan plans to remove the daily arrivals cap of 50,000 passengers and relax other requirements.
The test requirement for those entering Japan was removed last week. The arrivals cap has been raised recently.
The number of small-scale group tours that arrived in Japan in June and July was less than expected.
The Japanese government decided that visitors with visas would be allowed to enter on non-guided tours, but a Japanese travel agency would need to plan the tour and issue the ERFS to the visitors that are required for visa issuance.
US and Canadian citizens can apply for visas over the internet, instead of going to the nearest embassy.
It was the conclusion.
I am in the process of getting a visa to enter Japan and have sent all the documents, including the ERFS, for "pre approval" to the embassy.
Visa issuance was the next problem after Japan loosened the entry requirements. For the next few months, some consulates/embassies have full appointments.
It's not clear how far away this is. Minimum weeks or maximum months are possible.
The requirement of being on a packaged tour has nothing to do with Japanese politics. Almost all of the tourists who entered the country did so on their own.
The air capacity to and from Japan will be snarled when the visa waivers are reintroduced.
China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong are countries where Japan received most tourists.
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