Cruise ships welcome: Japan to help upgrade ports

Government to offer financial support to build immigration, other facilities

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The government hopes to direct foreign visitors to areas difficult to reach by land. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)

HIROFUMI KANAOKA

TOKYO -- Japan will soon publish guidelines for ports aimed at accepting more cruise ships nationwide, with the government looking to boost the postpandemic recovery in calls and attract overseas visitors to rural areas hard to reach by land.

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