72% of survey respondents blame border controls for not visiting Japan

A survey released Tuesday by a Tokyo-based company that encourages tourism to Japan showed that 72% of respondents will not, or will probably not, visit the country if it continues with its current entry controls.

The D2C X Inc. survey also showed 91% of the 1,717 overseas respondents found the entry controls, which include COVID-19 testing within 72 hours of departure to Japan, too strict or rather strict, illustrating how the country’s pandemic border measures have deterred visits from overseas.