Japan gears up for tourism recovery amid Lunar New Year upsurge

Kishida moves to downgrade COVID while labor crunch weighs on growth

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Foreign tourists arrive in Tokyo's upmarket Ginza district after a day of shopping and sightseeing. (Photo by Rurika Imahashi)

JADA NAGUMO and RURIKA IMAHASHI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japan's tourism industry looks to be on a path to recovery amid the Lunar New Year upsurge, as the government moves toward downgrading the COVID-19 status and neighboring countries like China reopen to the world.

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