Japan is open to travel. So why aren't tourists coming back?
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/japan-travel-reopening-challenges-intl-hnk/index.html
Complicated quarantine system and prohibition of individual tourism let foreign visitors away from Japan. PM Kishida's statement that Japan will be open as other G7 nations do turns out to be a lie. His conservative and awkward supporters discourage cabinet members from fully opening the country. And also, doctors and experts who want to earn by pandemic stop easing Covid restrictions.