Japan begins to accept visa applications after foreign tourism ban
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Visitors walk along a shopping street at the Asakusa district Friday, June 10, in Tokyo. Japan on Friday eased its borders for foreign tourists and began accepting applications, but only for those on guided package tours who are willing to follow mask-wearing and other antivirus measures as the country cautiously tries to balance business and infection worries.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A rickshaw puller carries tourists near Sensoji Buddhist temple at Tokyo's Asakusa district Friday, June 10, in Tokyo.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Foreign tourists wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus take a selfie at a shopping street at the Asakusa district Friday, June 10, in Tokyo.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Waiting passengers are silhouetted near check-in counters at Narita international airport in Narita, near Tokyo Friday, June 10.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A tour guide wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus holds a banner showing an assembly time for her tour group near a shopping street at the Asakusa district, Friday, June 10, in Tokyo.ASSOCIATED PRESS
An airline employee walks under promotion video for Japan tourism at Narita international airport in Narita, near Tokyo Friday, June 10.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Geisha woman in traditional Japanese "kimono" walks along a shopping street at the Asakusa district Friday, June 10, in Tokyo.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A rickshaw puller carries tourists near Sensoji Buddhist temple at Tokyo's Asakusa district Friday, June 10, in Tokyo.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Visitors wearing face masks arrive at Narita international airport in Narita, near Tokyo Friday, June 10.