Visa on Arrival for Japanese nationals from 1st march 2016

The Visa on Arrival for Japanese nationals is being launched from 1st March, 2016. 
•    This facility will be available at six airports - Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad. 
•    This facility can be availed for the purposes of business, tourism, conference and medical. 
•    Validity of this visa after entry will be for a period of 30 days. 
•    About 1.80 lakh Japanese nationals visit India every year on various kinds of visas. 
•    Other countries like Cambodia, Finland, Indonesia, Laos, Luxembourg, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam etc. already have this facility
•    In October 2013, India decided to initiate the process of extending visa-on-arrival access to 40 more nations.
•    In January 2014, plans were confirmed by Planning Minister of India.
•    The sixteen different types of visa would also be reduced to three: work, business and tourism.
•    In January 2016 it was announced that the multiple entries will become available and that eTourist Visa holders will receive a gift pack on arrival.