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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pendleton" data-source="post: 1366056" data-attributes="member: 18309">We are still far away from tourists being allowed into Japan (or most parts of Asia). Until recently, even foreign residents had been banned from returning if they left Japan. Authorities are still saying they plan to hold the Olympics next summer but they were saying the same things up until the day they cancelled it this summer. I'd be surprised. It is hard to imagine returning to the days when Japan had nearly 30 million tourists every year, making Tokyo, Kyoto, etc. intolerable. The stats show COVID is basically the flu but at this point governments are so committed to treating it like a new Bubonic Plague that I can't see them letting in foreigners without clean COVID tests, quarantines and/or certification of vaccination.</blockquote>