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BY ABC News Radio | May 24, 2021 bedo/iStock (TOKYO) — The U.S. State Department on Monday issued the highest travel advisory for Japan due to “very high” levels of COVID-19 in the country. “Travelers should avoid all travel to Japan,” according to the latest guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “Because of the current situation in Japan, even fully vaccinated travelers may be at risk for getting and spreading COVID-19 variants and sho...

AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko 25 May 2021 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is drawing equal measures of anger and rebuke in Japan after senior officials told organizers of the delayed Tokyo Olympics the games should proceed. This is despite the growing local rates of coronavirus infection coupled with advice from U.S. health officials and the State Department on Tuesday warning Americans against travel to the host nation. Japanese commenters on social media platforms say IOC President Thomas Bach and Vice President John Coates are ignoring public opinion and forcing the event to go ahead ...

Stephen Wade And Yuri Kageyama FILE - In this May 21, 2021, file photo, CEO of the Tokyo 2020 Toshiro Muto, left, and President of the Tokyo 2020 Seiko Hashimoto, right, listen to IOC Vice President John Coates, (on screen), delivering a speech during the Tokyo 2020 IOC Coordination Commission press conference in Tokyo. Comments from Coates saying the Tokyo Olympics will go on even if the city is under a state of emergency have stirred a backlash in Japan. Coates made the statement a few days ago. He repeated what the IOC and local organizers have been staying, but his tone was a...

US adds Japan to 'Do Not Travel' COVID-19 advisory list as Tokyo Olympics approach • 3 min read By the Numbers: 2021 Tokyo Olympics A look at the steps Japan is taking to control COVID outbreaks with 88 days to go until the Summer Olympics.SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images, FILE The U.S. State Department on Monday issued the highest travel advisory for Japan due to “very high” levels of COVID-19 in the country. “Travelers should avoid all travel to Japan," according to the latest guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "Because of the current situa...

The United States has added Japan to its list of countries not to travel to due to the COVID-19 situation.