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128: When will Japan open to tourists? w/ Kanako Takahara

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The Main Challenges or Concerns About Re-Starting International Tourism?

Elderly people who are at high risk of getting severe symptoms, and they would not necessarily travel outside an would be still concerned about having k a flood of international tourists coming into japan. I think also, the elderly people are the ones who go to the police station when the upper house election is held in july. So i think that's definitely in their minds. Also, if during the sixth wave, the concern was that the health care system would be overwhelmed, in there not enough hospital staff to treatpa if need be. But now for people who are over 65, 80 to 90 % has been given the busshat. It maybe thare could be a risk for

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