Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefTIFFCOM, the affiliated market of Tokyo International Film Festival, will remain as an online only event for the third year.
It will run for three days, Oct. 25-27, 2022, in parallel with the early part of the film festival.The Tokyo market’s decision to stay as an exclusively virtual event comes at a time when other film and TV markets and festivals are returning to in-person meetings after the COVID-19 pandemic.
And it reflects Japan’s caution in reopening the country to foreign visitors. In recent weeks, Japan said that it will again welcome foreign tourists.
But these are currently restricted to organized tour groups, not individual travelers, and visitors must wear masks at all times in public.
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