Chinese tourists start returning to japan following earthquake

JAPAN is expected to get back on the tourist map of Chinese visitors after a temporary plunge caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.

The Consulate-General of Japan in Shanghai accepted visa applications from a group of tourists from Zhejiang province last Friday who want to visit Tokyo.

According to Kyodo News, the 30-member tour group will arrive at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on May 23 and leave Japan from Kansai International Airport on May 28.

It is the first time a Chinese tour group has applied to go to Tokyo for sightseeing since the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern Japan and a nuclear meltdown caused the country's worst crisis since World War II. 

Source: Relax.com.sg