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| Above, the National Diet Building in Tokyo. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
The Japanese government panel met today and they say Japan should ease COVID-19 border controls for foreigners.
They call for a gradual reopening of Japan's borders for foreign tourists.
According to the Mainichi Shimbun:
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan should aim to normalize its coronavirus travel controls for foreigners as soon as possible, some members of a government panel said Wednesday, calling for a gradual reopening of its borders for tourists to boost the economy.
The government should relax its daily limit on foreign visitors and ease additional immigration procedures needed to enter Japan once such restrictions are confirmed less effective in curbing infection cases, private-sector members of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy said.
Amid criticism of the country's strict border controls, Japan raised the daily cap on overseas entrants on April 10 from 7,000 to 10,000. Visitors are limited to business people, technical interns and students. The ban on tourists remains.
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