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© Thomson Reuters 2020.Japan's travel ban has hit 85% of European businesses there: trade lobby
By Rocky Swift TOKYO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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robert maes
Good morning Mr Mroczek, did you sleep well these past 3 months
Richard Gallagher
The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan. A conservative reactionary organization. Hong Kong has a population of 7.5 million. Japan 127 million. Japan needs to grow, that is meaningless - the USA may become a backwater. Japan will be fine - it has international agreements and investments throughout the world - holds large amounts of foreign debt, USA, Australia, etc. PRs are hardly some powerhouse of employ. Disallowing foreigners during a pandemic is good policy. PRs pay taxes, which allows them to partake of the benefits provided by certain aspects infrastructure. PRs are not citizens and indeed owe fealty to literally, foreign governments which include military service and sanctioned benefits. It is not discrimination, that is complete hyperbole - for examples of discrimination in such less than benign states such as the USA and various European nations. Japanese citizens are rightfully allowed to return, under specific conditions. Same is true of numerous countries throughout the world, some African countries have completely barred entry to foreigners and only allow citizens. It's a pandemic. It requires tight restrictions and protocols.
Jonathan Prin
Just the beginning of the hit.
Giulia
The funny thing is that Japanese citizens can now enter Europe (apart from Germany that asked for reciprocity). This is a joke. Considering that right now most of European countries are doing way better than Japan that has at least 500 cases a day, the EU should have just followed Germany's decision and should have kept the entry ban!!
Shame on you Japan
Pukey2
I said this before. They don't face higher hurdles. They face a bloody brick wall.
People keep saying foreign investment and business should leave China. Well, they should leave Japan too. When next year's Olympics are cancelled, it will be Schadenfreude galore. Mind you, at this rate, no athlete is going to want to risk travelling to Tokyo, ban or no ban.
Hong Kong has an even lower rate. I don't see them banning long-term residents.
Yeah, how about a tax rebate?
Orac
Many countries have imposed travel curbs amid the pandemic, but Japan's are among the strictest, effectively banning entry to tourists and visa holders coming from 129 countries.
and that is one reason Japan has one of the lowest death rates.
TheReds
Not allowing PR to re-enter is totally discrimination, while still taking tax from them.
commanteer
In a time when Japan needs to grow, Abe is driving away foreigners and global business, and they may not come back for decades. Seems he is determined to make Japan a backwater country. What a legacy.