Buses To Shuttle Travelers To Tokyo Hotels
NHK has learned that Japan's government is planning to arrange buses to shuttle people arriving from overseas from the international airports in Haneda and Narita to some hotels in Tokyo.
The Japanese government is asking people who arrive from overseas to avoid using public transportation and arrange their own vehicles to leave the airport, even if they test negative for the coronavirus.
It is part of efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but private transportation is costly.
The transport and tourism ministry has been studying how it can make some public transportation available to such international travelers.
Ministry officials are working with hotels and bus companies to set up direct bus routes from the airports to hotels in Tokyo.
Returning Japanese and visiting foreigners who have reservations at the hotels are eligible for the service.
It is scheduled to begin on December 16, with three trips a day to 12 hotels in Tokyo.
Officials say that they are also working to make transportation by rail or air available with some limitations.
