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Coronavirus border-control measures for those entering Japan will end next month

TOKYO — Japan will lift all of its pandemic-related border control measures for incoming travelers next month and downgrade COVID-19 to a common disease, a top Japanese spokesman announced this week. ...
Yahoo

Japan to ease COVID-19 border controls from Sept. 7

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday announced plans to ease border controls from early September by eliminating requirements for pre-departure COVID-19 tests for travelers ...
Reuters

Japan PM Kishida's border easing as COVID deaths spike draws ire online

TOKYO, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's plan to relax the strictest COVID-19 border controls among wealthy nations has pleased nobody, with businesses and student groups ...
Los Angeles Times

Japan to ease pandemic-related border controls from Sept. 7

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced plans Wednesday to ease border controls from early September by eliminating requirements for pre-departure coronavirus tests for arriving ...