Japan Drops Visa Rule for French
From Reuters
PARIS — Japan on Tuesday stopped requiring French visitors to obtain visas, a day after Paris exempted Japan and Canada from stringent immigration measures introduced in 1986 to fight terrorism.
Japan started asking French nationals for visas after France imposed visa requirements for all countries except European Community states, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Nearly 700,000 Japanese visted France last year. The Ministry of Tourism said Tuesday that this figure could rise to 1.5 million in three years.
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