Less paperwork for Chinese visitors as Japan allows online visas

Government launches digital services to take pain out of bureaucracy

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Applying for Japanese visas will be less cumbersome for some tourists from next year.

MARIE SAHORI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Foreign travellers will be allowed to apply online for visas needed to visit Japan starting next fiscal year, part of a government initiative to make bureaucratic procedures paperless and more convenient, Nikkei has learned.

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