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Japan may make it easier for Chinese tourists to get visas

NAGOYA (Kyodo) Tourism minister Seiji Maehara said Sunday the government will consider granting tourist visas to more individual travelers from China by easing requirements that have been viewed as a barrier to people-to-people exchanges between the two... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Sun, Oct 18 2009

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