Asia Welcomes Travelers, But Japan Says, Not Yet

In a recent essay, novelist and Kyoto native Keiichiro Kashiwagi wrote that his fellow Kyotoites had longed bemoaned the "clamor" of tourism that drowned out the city's tranquility, and that the "irony of the great calamity that has been the corona pandemic is that it has restored the city's lost beauty." When the country reopens, it will need to rethink how the country has promoted itself to visitors, including taking steps to "prevent overtourism," Tetsuo Saito, the transportation minister, told Japan's parliament in March. Businesses anxious for the return of tourists have been helped out by large government subsidies and…