 | TOKYO/SHIZUOKA, Japan -- The sound of taiko drums greeted the mostly German tourists aboard what Japan hopes will be the first of many international cruise ships arriving in the reopened country.
Three years earlier, the scene in Yokohama was starkly different. The Diamond Princess, with its sickened passengers, became one of the early symbols of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japanese ports have since welcomed back ocean liners, which carry an estimated economic benefit of over $1 million per ship.
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