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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Lucy Thackray

Japan reopening: What are the current travel rules and do I need a Covid test?

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Japan has reopened to individual British tourists ‒ that is, not people booked on an organised tour - for the first time in two-and-a-half years.

As of midnight on Tuesday 11 October, Britons are allowed to book independent trips to the country once more, with the government also removing its cap of 50,000 daily arrivals.

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