MANILA – The Philippine Ambassador to Japan on Wednesday said that
Filipinos may travel to the land of the rising sun without any need for a
visa by June.
"We are just awaiting the official advice, but from reliable sources
and from the newspaper accounts that have come out already, it seems
that its likely going to happen sometime in June of this year," said
Ambassador Manolo Lopez.
Lopez said the ease in visa requirement is part of Japan's plan to boost its economy.
"Since the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came into
power in December 2012, the economy of japan have started to inch up and
they would like to sustain this momentum by inviting more tourism
coming in to Japan and they realized that in Southeast Asia that there
is a lot of wealth in these countries," he said in an interview with
ANC.
The ambassador added that Japan is targeting 20 million tourists in six years. It will also host the 2020 Olympic Games.
"Japan is targeting 20 million tourists by 2020 and they only
breached the 10 million mark recently and so they will liberalize more
and more the entry to Japan from other countries," he said.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/04/16/14/visa-free-travel-japan-may-start-june
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