{"id":613203,"date":"2022-06-10T08:33:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T08:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=613203"},"modified":"2022-06-10T09:08:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T09:08:11","slug":"covid-19-japan-reopens-for-tourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/covid-19-japan-reopens-for-tourists\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Japan Reopens for Tourists!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Japan was hit hard by Covid-19 and the infection rates hit the roof after the infection was found. Japan has recently opened up once again for tourist, however, there are a few differences this time around as Japan is trying to put an end to Covid-19 infections!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Neasa Ronayne plans to visit Japan for the first time in a year after the lockdown happened there. She was keen on making this trip as she lived in the UK and was looking forward to this!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_613204\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-613204\" class=\"size-full wp-image-613204\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/shutterstock_1683442477.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/shutterstock_1683442477.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/shutterstock_1683442477-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-613204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: <a class=\"jss369 jss73 jss75 jss74\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/g\/StreetVideoJapan\">StreetVJ<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>She said;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;This will be my first time in Japan and also my first time in Asia. I am looking forward to it. I have been watching [Japanese reality TV show] Terrace House to learn some phrases,&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This story was made by the BBC, however, this shows that Japan was in full lockdown due to the virus and what it did! Japan was struck hard by Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>There are now rules that will make Japan a little safer than it normally is once tourists go there rather than just having anything and everything open at once!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Tour guides should frequently remind tour participants of necessary infection prevention measures, including wearing and removing masks, at each stage of the tour,&#8221; the agency said in 16 pages of guidelines issued on Tuesday. Even outdoors, the wearing of masks should continue in situations where people are conversing in close proximity,&#8221; Said the Japan Tourism Agency!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Banner and Image Credit: <a class=\"jss1525 jss73 jss75 jss74\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/g\/phanurak\">phanurak rubpol<\/a> <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan was hit hard by Covid-19 and the infection rates hit the roof after the infection was found. Japan has recently opened up once again for tourist, however, there are a few differences this time around as Japan is trying to put an end to Covid-19 infections! Neasa Ronayne plans to visit Japan for the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":613205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1844,1853,1851,2071],"class_list":["post-613203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asian-news","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-news","tag-covid-19-updates","tag-latest-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":613222,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613203\/revisions\/613222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}