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Japan starts visa process for restart of tourism as Covid worries wane
Published on 10/06/2022
» HONG KONG: Japan on Friday resumed visa procedures to accept foreign tourists, taking the first step toward increasing inbound tourism to help turn around its economy as worries about the Covid-19 pandemic wane.
Japan expands daily arrival cap to 20,000 as Covid fears recede
Published on 01/06/2022
» Japan on Wednesday doubled its cap on daily arrivals to the country to 20,000 and allowed most to forgo Covid-19 tests and quarantine periods as it continues to ease its strict border controls amid receding worries about the pandemic.
Disney World reopens as WHO urges virus caution
AFP, Published on 12/07/2020
» ORLANDO: Florida's Walt Disney World theme park reopened Saturday in a state hard hit by the coronavirus, as the World Health Organization issued a fresh warning that countries should step up pandemic restrictions.
Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn builds bridges over Venice
Life, Published on 08/05/2019
» Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn created a splash on the sidelines of the Venice Biennale contemporary art fair two years ago with a gigantic sculpture of a child's hands reaching out of the Grand Canal, calling attention to climate change that threatens, among other things, to sink the lagoon city.