2023-06-17 14:00:25
TOKYO, June 17 (Xinhua) — Japan issued 1.29 million visas to foreigners in 2022, regarding 14 times more than the previous year. After border control measures were lifted to prevent the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.
On Friday (June 16), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan It said that while that total was still far from the pre-pandemic high of 8.28 million in 2019, it was the first increase in three years. After Japan relaxes border controls related to COVID-19 in April this year
The number of visas to Japan fell sharply during the pandemic, falling to 1.12 million in 2020, when Japan began to tighten border controls, and to 90,306 in 2021, the lowest since data were released. comparable in 1999
As of 2022, 186,577 visas were issued in China, accounting for 14 percent of the total. This was followed by Vietnam at 177,329, the Philippines at 134,607, South Korea at 104,937, Indonesia at 92,663 and the United States at 88,557.
(Xinhua file photo: People watching cherry blossoms in Tokyo. Capital of Japan, March 27, 2022)
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