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Saudi and Japanese foreign ministers meet in Riyadh for high-level talks

The National 07 Sep 2023
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi met in Riyadh on Thursday for their first high-level meeting, official news agency SPA reported. Among subjects they discussed was Tokyo's decision to offer multiple-entry visas for Saudi citizens who meet certain financial requirement ... READ MORE ... ....
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Kyodo News Digest: Aug. 11, 2023

Kyodo 11 Aug 2023
The resumption of the tours comes amid strained bilateral relations over Tokyo's plan to start releasing treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea as early as the end of this month ... TOKYO - Japan will allow Brazilian tourists to visit the country on short stays without visas from Sept.
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One year to go: Will the Paris 2024 Olympics see a return to normalcy?

Beijing News 09 Aug 2023
The 2020 Tokyo Summer Games and the 2022 Beijing Winter Games were both affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in significant changes and schedule disruptions ... Sport climbing, surfing and skateboarding, all of which made their debut at Tokyo 2020 (held in 2021), will remain in Paris.
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World Athletics clears Tsimanouskaya to compete for Poland two years after Tokyo 2020 defection from Belarus

Inside The Games 07 Aug 2023
... competitions for two years," a letter from the Panel reported by Reuters said.Krystsina Tsimanouskaya missed her women's 200m race for Belarus because of the incident at Tokyo 2020, and received a humanitarian visa and later full citizenship from Poland ©Getty Images .
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Kyodo News Digest: Aug. 1, 2023

Kyodo 01 Aug 2023
Japan eases rules on entertainer visas to spur international exchanges. TOKYO - Japan on Tuesday eased requirements for entertainer visas, enabling singers, actors and athletes to stay longer and perform at a wider range of event venues to spur international cultural exchanges hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
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The faked passports which saved countless lives in the second world war

The Spectator 01 Aug 2023
The joke was serious ... ‘Oh sugar!’ ... In Kaunas, a Russophile Japanese diplomat called Chiune Sugihara hit on the dodge (making a distinctly generous interpretation of his orders from Tokyo) of issuing more than 2,000 Japanese transit visas to help Polish Jews escape Soviet-occupied Lithuania by pretending to be en route to the Dutch colony of Curaçao ... .
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Kyodo News Digest: July 31, 2023

Kyodo 31 Jul 2023
Japan grants long-term visas to 2 Russians who oppose Ukraine war. TOKYO - Japan has granted long-term visas as a special exception to two Russian women who left their country in opposition to its invasion of Ukraine, sources familiar with the matter said Sunday ... Sapporo's faltering 2030 Olympic bid victim of Tokyo Games scandals.
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Japan has made it even tougher for asylum seekers to stay

The Los Angeles Times 24 Jul 2023
Tokyo last year ... He arrived in Tokyo on a short-term visa in 1990 to flee death threats as a member of a group opposed to Iran's Islamic government, he said, joining a stream of Iranians taking advantage of Japan's then-relaxed attitude toward visitors from the oil-rich nation.
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Can’t go to Japan just yet? No problem

Manila Bulletin 22 Jul 2023
**Japan has enamored the world.** ... Customers will also have the opportunity to witness matcha making and learn from a matcha Tokyo expert. For ease of booking airline tickets, tour packages, and Japan Visa applications, JTB Philippines will be on hand to assist those interested ... Moreover, the Ayala Alabang Camera Club through its vice president Dr.
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First vacation abroad? 7 reasons why Hong Kong makes perfect sense

Sun Star 11 Jul 2023
Visa free. Applying for a visa is one of the most daunting things for would-be tourists ... This place is one of the few places where Cebuanos can go without the hassle of applying for a visa ... California, Florida, Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong. Cebuanos need a visa to visit the ...
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Retired Sumo wrestlers entertain tourists with demonstration fights

The News International 09 Jul 2023
A tourist wearing a sumo wrestler costume tries to spar against former sumo wrestler Towanoyama in the sumo ring at Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka.— CNN ... entertaining curious tourists ... Located in central Tokyo, Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka opened in November 2022, just as visa-free travel resumed ... .
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Sumo retirees play for laughs from tourists flooding back to Japan

Indian Express 08 Jul 2023
curious tourists ... 'It's more fun now, of course, because I can interact with everyone.' His performance venue, Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka, opened in central Tokyo in November 2022, a month after Japan restarted visa-free travel ... He said he wants to recruit more wrestlers to do evening performances ... Twitter .
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Laughter rings out as sumo retirees entertain tourists amidst Japan's tourism boom

Hindustan Times 08 Jul 2023
Ohtori spent his two-decade sumo career struggling for wins so he could to move up the ranks of Japan's traditional sport, but now he is fighting to entertain a different crowd. curious tourists ... His performance venue, Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka, opened in central Tokyo in November 2022, a month after Japan restarted visa-free travel ... ....
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Photos: Sumo retirees play for laughs from tourists flooding back to Japan

Gulf News 07 Jul 2023
1 of 12. Tokyo. Ohtori spent his two-decade sumo career struggling for wins so he could to move up the ranks of Japan's traditional sport, but now he is fighting to entertain a different crowd ... Reuters ... His performance venue, Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka, opened in central Tokyo in November 2022, a month after Japan restarted visa-free travel.
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Duncan Mackay: Indonesia’s 2036 Olympic bid sunk by ANOC World Beach Games fiasco

Inside The Games 06 Jul 2023
Don’t ask me ... When it staged the Asian Games in 1962, it breached promises to invite countries it did not have diplomatic relationships with, including Israel, and refused to issue them visas. As a result, Indonesia was suspended from the IOC, and were subsequently excluded from the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo ... .

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