Japan offers to ease VISA rules for Chinese tourists

Japan to ease visa requirements, agrees on top China diplomat visit
Japan will relax visa application requirements for Chinese visitors, Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Wednesday, in the hope of
S.Korea, Japan to ease visa rules for Chinese tourists
As part of neighbouring Japan’s effort at appealing to tourists, its Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya says his country is mulling introducing a new 10-year multiple-entry tourist visa aimed at affluent Chinese, as well as a multiple-entry sightseeing visas that can be used over a three-year period.
Japan offers to ease visa rules for Chinese tourists as foreign minister visits Beijing
Japan has offered to ease visa rules for Chinese visitors as the two sides seek to step up engagements. Japan will extend the maximum length of multiple-entry visas from five years to 10 years, while the maximum stay for groups of tourists will also be increased from 15 days to 30 days,
China, Japan foreign ministers meet and agree on visit, security dialog
The one-day visit is Takeshi Iwaya's first to Chinese capital since becoming Japan's foreign minister in October, to discuss thorny issues with his country's largest trading partner
Japan's foreign minister seeks "positive" direction in bilateral ties during his visit to China
Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya has met with top Chinese leaders during his visit to Beijing, the first since the heads of the two countries met at a summit in Peru last month
China and Japan Agree to Talks on Security Issues as They Seek to Mend Ties
China and Japan agreed Wednesday to set up talks on often contentious security issues as they seek to improve a relationship riven in recent years by a range of issues, from territorial disputes to the discharge of water from Japan's tsunami-wrecked nuclear power plant.
Japan FM visits China, seeking 'positive direction' for ties
Takeshi Iwaya made his first trip to Beijing since becoming Japan's foreign minister in October. Chinese officials said often difficult bilateral ties were "at a critical period of improvement and development.
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