Society
China Restarts—Then Abruptly Halts—Group Tours to Japan, and Netizens Cheer the Whiplash
Chinese state-owned travel agencies moved to resume group tours to Japan for the summer, with 6–7 day Tokyo–Osaka itineraries already on sale. Then, on the evening of June 19, the listings flipped to 'sales ended'—reportedly after media coverage prompted Beijing to tighten the screws again. Japanese netizens met the restart with an over-tourism backlash and the reversal with mocking relief.