Originally Posted by
CPH-Flyer
Resident shoppers that stayed away from shopping for 2 years, and suddenly show up in high numbers?
While the Chinese government may not have been issuing new passports, they probably did not void the existing ones? And since they need to get a business trip visa to enter Japan, probably not too difficult to document a business trip for a necessary renewal?
There is a whole industry set up to circumvent any rules to keep the "tax free" shopping flowing to the mainland.
