Japan’s stringent COVID-19 border controls have been in place for far too long, which has had ramifications across a wide range of areas. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged over the weekend to ...

Japan this week will ease tough coronavirus border controls that have been criticized as xenophobic and damaging to the economy. The new rules, however, provide only a slight improvement ...

Japanese officials are scrambling to keep the Omicron variant from taking hold inside the country. They're focusing on border restrictions, but the rules are unclear, especially for Japan's ...