Japan has lifted its COVID-19 border measures, allowing all arrivals to enter the country without showing proof of vaccination or negative test results, as the country’s “golden week” holiday began.
Golden week is one of Japan’s busiest travel times from April 29 to May 5, with four national holidays falling within the same week. Japan is anticipating an influx of tourists during this period.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Saturday that Japan no longer requires visitors to submit vaccination records or negative COVID-19 test results within 72 hours of their departure.
Japan also scrapped its random testing requirement for visitors from China, which was put in place earlier this year after a surge of COVID-19 cases in China when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) abruptly lifted its “zero-COVID” measures….