Ummoreimportantlythanthat, a governmentofficialrecentlyacknowledged, I thinkitmightbethefirsttimein a verylongtimethat a governmentofficialacknowledgedThattherewere 150,000 studentswaitingtoenterthecountrywithVisas.
I thinktherewasjustsomuchpressurecomingfromabroadandfrom a lotofyouwhohavebeenwaitingtogetintoJapanforsolongthatthegovernmentfinallyinitiatedthiskindoflateandforthenextfiveminutesorso, I want, I wanttokindoftalkaboutwhatishappening, what's goingtobegoingonandthisbeautifulroomthat I'm in, I'm actuallyleavinginabout 10 minutes.
I don't evenknowwhatthesituationis, butjust a lotofwesternersaregettingveryfrustratedwith, withumnotjustWesterners, peoplenearbyhereinumokay, wellitlookslikethesignalisveryweak.
PeoplenearbyinthesecountrieslikeKoreaandTaiwanareveryfrustratedtoobecause a lotofthemhadvisastocomehereNowfromMarch, it's goingtobeopening I guessgradually.
Sobeforeeverybodyrejoicesandyoustartmakingyourtravelplans, I wantyoutoconsiderthough, I wantyoutoconsiderthatthiscanalsochangeagain, wedon't knowif a newvariantsgonnabecoming, wedon't knowwhatthesituationisgoingtobelikeintwomonthsandthishasbeenthecasefrom 2020 allthewaydownto 2022.
Umbecauseyoucouldlose a lot, but a lotofyouhavealreadylost a lotnow, I don't thinkthatJapanisgonnalose a lotofpeoplearegonnalose a lotofinterestinJapanbecauseofthisandprobablyabouttwoorthreeweeksaftertheyreopen.
ThereasonwhyJapanhadthistravelbanwasmostlypoliticalandit's, I talkedwith a lotofpeoplehereinJapanaboutthis, mostofthevotersanditdoesmakeit, ifyouthinkaboutit, itdoesmakelogicalsensetoandandit, mostofthevotersareolder, mostofthemdon't haveanythingtogainbyhavingforeignvisitorscomingintoJapan, mostpeopledon't evencare, butthereis a significantpartoftheeconomythatdoesandwheninternationalbusinessesstarttopulloutofJapanbecausetheycan't getpartsbecausetherearen't enoughflightscomingintoJapancreates a hugedisaster.
Umthenthegovernmentstartstolistenbut I thinktheylistenedmoretothevoterswhoarelikelookifyoustartbringinginpilesofpeopleintoJapanwe'regoingtobescaredandscared, voterswillnotvoteforthatpartyandthepoliticiansandleaderswillthinkwewanttoappeasethosevotersbeforeanybodyelse.
Becauseitwasn't certainlybasedonscience 14 dayquarantinemadenosenseinomicronbecauseithad a 23 day, I don't knowincubationperiod I guessyoucancallitandlikeit's overbythetime a weekisdonefor a lotofpeople.
Itjusttakes a longtimeforJapaneseproceduresto, toinitiatebecauseeventhisthirdshotboostervaccinerollouttakesforevertogetthepapersrollingandeverythingneedstobesignedandhungcode.
Itrequiresatleasthalf a dozenformstofilloutwhichis a greatreductioncomparedtowhatitusedtobe a longtimeagolikeandwhen I say a longtimeago I'm liketwoyearsago.
少なくとも6つのフォームに記入する必要がありますが、一昔前に比べれば大幅に減っています。
So I'm justglad I didn't havetofaxinmyapplicationthatwouldhavebeenworse.
だから、申請書をファックスで送らなくてもよかったのは、もっと悪いことになっていたかもしれない。
Soessentiallytheentryban, wecanseethatit's goingtobeoveranditis a timetorejoice.
だから本来は入国禁止、それが終わると喜ぶべき時だということがわかります。
A lotofyouhavebeenaskingmewhenisJapangoingtobeopeningupandthisis a soliddateofanopeningbutit's not a fullopening.
I don't mindcriticism, goahead, criticizemeallyouwant, but I thinkthatit's importantforpeople, thousands, tensofthousands, hundredsofthousandsofpeoplethatareplanningthetripstocomehere, tryingtoplantheirfuturetolivehere.
A governmentofficialacknowledgedthisafterandandandtradingrightsinhere.
政府関係者が認めたのは、ここでの取引権のことです。
I believeitwhen I seeit, that's andandthisistheproblembecause a lotofpeoplearesomewhatapprehensiveandrightfullysoaftermonthsandmonths, ifnotyearsofwaitingandwaitingandwaiting, umwe'llbelieveitwhenweseeit, thedetailsarecomingonthursdayaccordingtothenewsarticleandthenoncewegetthedetailsandthenwe'llseemoreaboutthedirection, butonceagainit's a politicaldecisionandifyouhavebeenvoicingyouropinionontwitteronsocialmediatellingbusinessleadersjustrecently.
Butthedetailscomingthursday, I hopethatitisinthedetailsintheblueprintsincludeinternationaltourism.
しかし、木曜日に発表される詳細は、国際観光を含む青写真の詳細であることを願っています。
I'm notsure.
よくわかりません。
I don't knowifhe's goingtobetalkingaboutthat, buttourismhasopenedupforneighboringcountriesalready.
彼がその話をするかどうかはわかりませんが、すでに近隣の国には観光が開かれています。
So I thinkit's goingtobereallyroughforJapannottohave a blueprintthatincludesopeningituptointernationaltourismeveniftheyhavequotasinthebeginning, whatevertheyneedtohavesomesortofblueprintsopeoplecanalsoplantheirtripsbecause I hope, myhopeisthatyoudidnotgiveuponJapanandyou'restillinterestedinitbecauseum, there's still a lotofadventureand a lotofthingstoseeanddohereinthisamazingcountryand I hopethatuh, it's stillonyouritineraryandifit's not, I canunderstandtooum, johnwouldyougotoKyototodocoverageandhowtourismhasaffectedthecityandlocalbusinesses.