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4 hours ago, BruceMuzz said:

26 June, 2022

So far, the experimental "Bubble Tours" with limited foreigners from just a few countries seem to be going well.

The number of COVID Cases in Japan continue to drop, averaging between 10,000 and 15,000 per day.

Everyone in Japan is still wearing masks everywhere. This is not a legal requirement. Japanese people are doing it to be polite and considerate to others.

National Elections take place on 10 July. It is unlikely that any major changes will be introduced before the elections.

There is still zero discussion about allowing foreign flag cruise ships into Japan again.

Surrounding countries are also still closed to foreign cruise ships, so Japanese Cabotage Laws would not allow them at this point even if Japan opens up.  

Domestic Japanese cruises are very busy and doing very well.

Current exchange rate is 136 yen to the US Dollar.

Shopping with Dollars in Japan is a real bargain right now.

We are having a beautiful Summer in Japan.

 

Hopefully even better news in a few weeks.

Thanks for the information!  

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This is a new temporary requirement related to the new COVID Entry Requirements.

If all goes well, when things get a bit more "normal", the visa requirement will probably go back to the old system of issuing an automatic 90 day entry visa to Americans.

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Only 252 tourists on the organized North Korea style tours as of June 30. Not a rousing success at all.  People do not want to have no freedom at all and the tepid reception to them show this.

 

Covid cases are now at record highs.  Hospitals are warning that elective and non urgent surgery may need to be postponed due to fear of using up beds that are needed for covid.

 

200,000 confirmed cases recently and as PCR testing is very difficult to get the number of positives is estimated to be much greater.

 

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Japan is currently in the middle of it's 7th wave of COVID infection.

We are seeing extremely high numbers reported.

 

While the Government has reported that they will not be locking down any further, it also appears that they are not willing to open up any further either.

It is probably safe to guess that there will be no foreign flag cruise ships visiting Japan in 2022.

Now we can start worrying about 2023.

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On 8/1/2022 at 5:39 AM, BruceMuzz said:

Japan is currently in the middle of it's 7th wave of COVID infection.

We are seeing extremely high numbers reported.

 

While the Government has reported that they will not be locking down any further, it also appears that they are not willing to open up any further either.

It is probably safe to guess that there will be no foreign flag cruise ships visiting Japan in 2022.

Now we can start worrying about 2023.

Things are looking better now for 2023 than they have since spring of 2020.

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