Indeed, this is really only currently useful for onward travel from Haneda.Japan still closed to tourism, and very restricted exemptions for other purposes:https://www.mofa.go.jp/ca/fna/page4e_001053.html#section1A step in the right direction nonetheless.

I'm sure this will cause mass confusion and delays exiting the terminal when flights land into Qld and half the passengers haven't completed a permit (or the correct one). But as someone who has flown between Syd and OOL weekly, I feel this has been coming for a while - police and Qld health...

I am likely one of the people many would consider to be abusing this benefit (although completely within the rules as set until now). I commute weekly between cities (at my expense), and also sometimes do intra-week travel within Aus and Asia for client work. I'm therefore a regular user of the $...