Japan to lift Covid restrictions on foreign tourists from October

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TOKYO, Sept 23 ― Japan announced yesterday that it will lift tough Covid restrictions on foreign tourists, reopening the borders after two and a half years.Speaking at the New York Stock Exchange, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the pandemic had interrupted the free flow of people, goods and capital that had helped the nation flourish.“But from October 11, Japan will relax border control measures to be on par with the US, as well as resume visa-free travel and individual travel,” said Kishida, who is in the city for the United Nations General Assembly.Japan, along with China, has been a holdout in continuing tough restrictions on visitors as much of the world has moved on from the pandemic.But unlike China, Japan never imposed a strict lockdown during the crisis.Tourists who come to Japan will enjoy a weak yen, which has plummeted so low against the dollar that the finance m…