{"id":10630,"date":"2020-10-05T20:55:32","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T20:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=10630"},"modified":"2026-04-24T01:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:16:08","slug":"travel-to-resume-between-japan-and-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/travel-to-resume-between-japan-and-south-korea","title":{"rendered":"Travel to resume between Japan and South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Business travel could restart between the two countries as soon as early October.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Japan.-\u00a0Japan and South Korea are close to reaching an agreement to resume business travel. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agreement would permit long as well as short trips and it could begin in early October, Nikkei agency reported.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short-term visitors will be able to avoid the mandatory two-week quarantine if they provide a negative coronavirus test along with a trip itinerary.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For longer stays, visitors will have to\u00a0self-isolate for two weeks. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move is intended to promote economic recovery in both countries. Japan closed its borders in April and Seoul has barred travel from Japan, except for long-term residents.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Japan National Tourism Organization<\/a><\/em><\/strong> says South Korea was the second country of origin for visitors to Japan last year, accounting for 5.58 million visits, of which about 310,000 came for business purposes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Korea is set to become the second country after Singapore to which Japan is reopening its borders<\/a><\/em><\/strong> for both short- and long-term visits. Long-term visits are already allowed from\u00a0nine countries, including Brunei, Taiwan and Malaysia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talks are underway with China as well but no agreement has been reached.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Business travel could restart between the two countries as soon as early October.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Japan and South Korea are nearing an agreement to resume business travel, potentially by early October, to foster economic recovery. The proposed framework includes quarantine exemptions for short-term visitors with negative COVID-19 tests and itineraries, while long-term stays will require self-isolation. This initiative follows Japan's prior border reopening to Singapore and other nations for long-term visits, with ongoing discussions with China.","focusai_entities":"Nikkei agency, Japan National Tourism Organization","focusai_location":"Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Brunei, Taiwan, Malaysia, China, Seoul","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.7), investor_analyst (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Economic Impact Analysis","query":"What are the projected economic benefits for the iGaming and broader entertainment sectors in Japan and South Korea, considering the resumption of business travel and its potential to stimulate consumer spending and investment?"},{"label":"Regional Market Outlook","query":"How might the improved business connectivity between Japan and South Korea influence cross-border M&A activities or strategic partnerships within the technology and digital entertainment industries in the APAC region?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[470,152,21492],"class_list":["post-10630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-japan","tag-south-korea","tag-travelling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10630"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10637,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10630\/revisions\/10637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}