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Kishida pronounces elevating of day by day arrival cap to 7,000

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida introduced Thursday that he’ll elevate the day by day cap on arrivals from abroad to 7,000 beginning March 14 and lengthen quasi-emergencies in 18 out of the 31 prefectures the place the measure is at present in impact.

The remaining prefectures will see their quasi-emergencies expire Sunday as scheduled.

The enhance within the cap, which was simply raised to five,000 from 3,500 on Tuesday, follows criticism from companies and universities that the present stage is inadequate given there are an estimated 400,000 overseas nationals ready to return to Japan.

In addition, infectious illness consultants have identified that there isn’t a level in protecting the day by day cap on arrivals, which additionally contains returning Japanese nationals and overseas residents, for the reason that omicron variant has already unfold in Japan.
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政府は新型コロナの水際対策をめぐり、1日あたりの入国者数の上限をおよそ7000人に引き上げる方針を固めました。
– TBS NEWS







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