Japan starts accepting visa applications after foreign tourism ban

Associated Press | June 10, 2022 | Updated June 10, 2022 2:47 pm.

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  Customers walk along a shopping street in the Asakusa district on Friday, June 10, in Tokyo. Japan on Friday eased its borders for foreign tourists and began accepting applications, but only for those on guided tours who are willing to comply with mask-wearing and other anti-virus measures as the country carefully tries to balance business and infection concerns.

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  A rickshaw carries tourists near the Sensoji Buddhist temple in Tokyo’s Asakusa district on Friday, June 10, Tokyo.

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  Foreign tourists wearing face masks to help contain the spread of the coronavirus take selfies on a shopping street in the Asakusa district on Friday, June 10, in Tokyo.

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  Silhouettes of waiting passengers near check-in counters at Narita International Airport in Narita, near Tokyo, Friday, June 10.

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  A guide wearing a protective mask to help contain the spread of the coronavirus holds a banner showing the gathering time of her tour group near a shopping street in the Asakusa district, Friday, June 10, Tokyo.

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  An airline employee walks under a commercial about tourism in Japan at Narita International Airport in Narita, near Tokyo, Friday, June 10.

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  A female geisha in a traditional Japanese kimono walks down a shopping street in…