Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) reported that The Japanese government, in view of the expansion of the epidemic, intends to completely stop the entry of foreigners, including Taiwan, China, including business people from 11 countries will also call a halt.
The report points out that all foreigners will be stopped from entering the country except for special reasons such as family funerals or childbirth. As for the implementation period is still being adjusted.
Japan opened its doors to business travelers from 11 countries and regions, including Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Vietnam, Brunei, Australia and New Zealand on November 1 last year, accepting applications for short-term business trips, technical internships and international students.
At the end of last year, when a variant of Wuhan pneumonia (novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19) was discovered in Japan during immigration quarantine, border control was tightened on December 28 on a global basis, and all foreigners, except businesspeople from 11 countries and regions, were stopped from applying for entry.
However, with the expansion of the epidemic, the Japanese government has issued another emergency declaration to one capital and three prefectures, including Tokyo on the 7th, and will issue additional emergency declarations to seven prefectures, including Osaka, Fukuoka and Aichi, today, extending the scope of the declaration to 11 prefectures.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s conservative group “Japan Dignity and National Interest Protection Association” shouted at the government on the 12th, demanding a complete halt to the entry of foreigners, suspending business people from 11 countries, the president of the association Aoyama Shigeharu said that the government strictly restricts the movement of nationals while developing the entry of business people, there are many Chinese people under the name of business entry, but in fact to Japan for sightseeing.
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