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After the hype of the idea of going to Japan for Free, and for some odd reason, our own post titled: “Japan May Let in 10,000 Tourist for Free” got tons of views and tons of comments asking us to choose them to go on this trip. We’re not in charge! It appears that the entire program isn’t happening. According to a released statement: “We realise that this announcement is going to disappoint thousands of people around the world, but we hope people will understand how insensitive it would appear for the Japanese Government to give people free flights to Japan when the cities, towns and villages devastated by the tsunami are still in desperate need of funding for reconstruction.” (seejapan – 10,000 won’t be going)
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It’s not finalized yet, but it’s possible that you can apply and you can get a free ticket to Japan, supposedly the tourist board will ask for 150 million dollars in funding. This is the site in Japanese. “The objective is to have the 10,000 tourists discuss their experiences online, and allow word-of-mouth reports to propagate about safe and hassle-free travel in Japan. Visitors will also fill out a questionnaire about how they feel about visiting Japan after the earthquake and any proposals they might have to renew interest in tourism. The Ministry will request $150 million in funding for this program.” (Yahoo – 10,000) (Aya.shii.org – 10,000)
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