Cruise ships return to Japan three years after deadly Diamond Princess outbreak


The Diamond Princess became the world’s first luxury ship to face a major Covid-19 outbreak. - PRINCESS.COM

TOKYO (Bloomberg): International cruise ships are returning to Japan, three years after the Diamond Princess became the world’s first luxury ship to face a major Covid outbreak.

Amadea, operated by Germany-based Phoenix Reisen, is now docked in Tokyo Bay after earlier arriving at a port in Shizuoka prefecture in western Japan, according to shipping data tracked by Bloomberg.

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