Prime Minister Kishida announces relaxation of borders after October

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2. Does anyone have the article in English?

3. Still no concrete dates

4. I believe 10月以降 means From October, not after October.

5. Probably mid to late October. Delta Airlines won’t have more routes till November. Still a bunch of limited destinations.

6. For all of the people saying foreign tourists were immaterial to the depreciating yen, take it from the PＭ of the country himself:

   >We would like to attract more foreign tourists against the backdrop of the depreciation of the yen.

7. It’s surreal how it’s over… we’ll I have my tickets for spring let’s goooo

8. I land on the 28th of October. If it doesn’t open until the 30th, can i live in airport like a layover?

   Hopefully i get some opening dates soon.

9. I have tickets for me and my partner to land in Tokyo on Nov 2nd. Without solid dates set for this change, I still don’t know if I should get an ERFS just to be safe, or just not get one due to this announcement. **edit: the uncertainty is just like… ugh… just announce dates or even just target dates.

10. On October 24th the Omicron booster starts becoming available, so that could have something to do with it. Right now it’s only available to people who had two boosters, not three, the elderly, and those in the medical field.

11. So glad I got my Tourist visa. Still no concrete dates. Wasting months of peoples time. Just wish they would clarify like normal people.

12. Goodbye cheap hotels, empty streets, and reasonably filled trains in central Tokyo at midday during the week. You will be missed, but it had to happen eventually.

13. I might actually cry,I’m sorry,it’s silly,but I’ve been wanting to go for years, are we almost there?