Latest Update on Japan Entry Rules: It Will Take Time for All Int'l Students to Enter Country
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- 21 Feb 2022
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Japan has recently announced it will ease its COVID-19 restrictions for foreign nationals from next month. According to Suematsu, easing the rules will be the first step to allow international students to enter Japan; however, it will probably take some time before all of them can finally enter the country.
The government initially said it will allow 3,500 international arrivals to enter Japan each day; but, it decided to increase the number to 5,000, which figure does not include only students but also businesspeople, Erudera.com reports.
During a media conference, the Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, said that Japan will reopen gradually, following the many calls from students and higher education institutions in the country to facilitate travel restrictions.
He added that the change came as the number of COVID-19 cases has started to drop, which means that the country should enter a new phase.
“We need to start preparing for the next phase, in stages. We are gradually walking toward the end of the sixth wave,” Kishida said at the conference.
Previously, the Japanese government said that international students will return to Japan in phases, with 87 government-funded students entering the country during the first phase of the plan, on January 30.
Japan closed its borders to most foreign nationals from November 30 last year, due to the spread of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron. Since then, borders have remained closed to most international students who have been persistently calling on authorities to let them enter.
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