Tourists flock to Japan after Covid restrictions lifted

A foreign traveller arrives at Haneda Airport in Tokyo (Eugene Hoshiko/AP)

Droves of tourists from abroad have started arriving in Japan on the first day of lifted border restrictions, which had been in place for more than two years to curb the coronavirus pandemic.

Travellers are expected to deliver a sorely needed five trillion yen (£31 billion) boost to the world’s third-largest economy.