When will Japan open to tourists?

Over the past few months, Japan has been slowly easing its COVID-19 related border restrictions. In March, after almost two years, it started allowing in students, academics and business people. Then in April, parents and immediate relatives of foreign residents were allowed to enter the country. But the borders are still closed to tourists, a broad category of people that includes everyone from leisure travelers to the unmarried partners of residents of Japan. This week on Deep Dive, Kanako Takahara, The Japan Times' head of domestic news, join me to discuss when Japan might reopen to international tourism, and what that reopening might look like.

immediate ｲミ-ﾃﾞｨｴｯﾄ adj)直接の関連がある

broad ﾌﾞｩロｰﾄﾞ adj)幅の広い