Japanese businesses welcomed China's announcement on Thursday that Japan-bound group tours will resume following a hiatus due to COVID-19, hoping for the return of "bakugai," or "explosive" big-budget shopping by Chinese tourists, but some industries expressed concern about labor shortages.
TOMIOKA, Fukushima Prefecture The entire “sakura tunnel” formed by cherry trees here was open to visitors for the first time since the nuclear disaster unfolded nearby in 2011.