Japan’s summer holidays in full swing with lack of COVID restrictions – Nikkei Asia

A platform for a bullet train at Tokyo Station is crowded on Aug. 11 as people head to hometowns or resorts for Japan’s Bon holidays. © Kyodo August 11, 2022 17:05 JST | Japan Copy Copied TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japan’s summer holiday season started in full swing on Thursday, with reservations for domestic trains and flights leaving Tokyo reaching a peak as travelers took advantage of a lack of coronavirus restrictions for the first time in three years. While more people headed abroad for their break, numbers are nevertheless far below the pre-COVID-19 era as new cases across the country…