New face recognition system to ease the immigration process for foreign tourists in Japan

The Tourism Agency of Japan reported that the number of foreign visitors in Japan reached a record high of 31.19 million in the year 2018. Nevertheless, the government of Japan still seeks to bring in more foreign travellers with the goal of hitting 40 million foreign tourists by the year 2020. A large bulk of these tourists, as expected by Japan, will be composed of the participants, their staffs, spectators, as well as any other foreign individuals that are anticipating the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics which will be held in Tokyo next year. Both of these grand events will be scheduled for a span of two weeks with the Olympics starting on July 24 and culminating on August 9, 2020 and the Paralympics from August 25 until...