Japan opens borders for business persons; here’s what that means

The Japanese government Friday announced it will lift international travel restrictions for students and businesspersons starting Monday. However, the borders will continue to remain closed for tourists for now.

The Japanese government, in view of the improving Covid-19 situation, had decided to ease restrictions on international travel but the move has followed a strong push from domestic and foreign business groups to reopen the borders in line with other countries.

According to a Nikkei report, Japan will lift the entry ban



for business persons, students and technical trainees. For business persons who are fully vaccinated, the mandatory self-isolation period will be cut to a minimum three days. The news report also said that as many as 3,70,000 persons have already been issued entry visas but were being barred from entering the country. Of this, 1,50,000 are students and 1,10,000 are technical trainees.

So far, the Japanese government is not allowing tourists to travel there but it will assess the effectiveness of the measures put in place to contain Covid-19 and will consider expanding the scope of relaxations in phases within a year.