Japan’s epidemic expansion policy sharp U-turn! Breaking the 11-country “business bubble” full lockdown

The Japanese government reached a “business bubble” agreement with 11 countries, including Taiwan, China and South Korea, at the end of last year, and with the growing severity of the local epidemic, foreign business visitors will be banned from entering Japan from 13 onwards, a total lockdown.

According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), except for family members due to funeral or birth and other special reasons, otherwise stop all foreigners to enter the country, including the “business bubble” policy that opened last year, including Taiwan’s business people from 11 countries also urgently called the card, from now until February 7, a full lockdown, whether to shorten or extend the lockdown period will depend on the situation.

In addition, the Japanese government also issued a declaration of emergency to Tokyo and other 1 capital and 3 prefectures on the 7th, and 7 prefectures including Osaka, Fukuoka and Aichi also followed up with a declaration of emergency today (13th), extending the scope to 11 prefectures.

A few days ago, the conservative faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party raised questions about the “business bubble”, saying that the government suspended the entry of foreigners but gave a free hand to business people from some countries, making it difficult for people to understand the “double standard”; the president of the “Japan Dignity and National Interest Protection Association”, Shigeharu Aoyama, also said that the strict restrictions on the movement of nationals but open to business people to enter, and pointed out that many Chinese people are actually visiting Japan in the name of business.