The Japan Tourism Agency announced on Tuesday, May 17 that it would start allowing small group tours in May as part of a “test tourism” trial before the country fully reopens to foreign visitors. Source: Japan is testing a return to tourism
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Polls in crisis-ridden Lebanon opened for a high-stakes parliamentary election on Sunday morning. Source: Polls open in high-stakes parliamentary election in Lebanon
The Japanese island chain of Okinawa marked the 50th anniversary on Sunday of the end of US occupation and its return to Japan with ceremonies and celebrations amid growing worry about its proximity to an increasingly assertive China. Source: China tensions loom as Japan’s Okinawa marks 50 years since US handover