Japan will raise its daily cap on overseas arrivals to around 10,000 from April 10, up from the current 7,000, the top government spokesman says, as the country gradually relaxes its coronavirus border controls.
Demonstrations against Japan s tight border restrictions on nonresident foreigners implemented to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have been staged in several countries, with people urging the Japanese government to reconsider the measures they have dubbed as lacking a scientific basis.
An online petition demanding that Japan ease its tight entry rules to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been submitted to the Foreign Ministry with about 12,000 signatures, according to a civic group
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