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Japan to remove entry cap in 'not-so-distant future'

People cross a street in Shinjuku district of Tokyo on Aug 16, 2022. (AFP photo)

TOKYO: Japan is reviewing its border control policy of keeping daily entries below 50,000 and will remove it in the "not so distant future," a government spokesman said on Sunday.

The government will simultaneously relax other restrictions including a visa requirement and the requirement to travel on a package tour when it completely lifts the daily cap on overseas arrivals, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Kihara said in a Fuji Television programme.

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