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Monty
*The government last month partially eased travel restrictions from countries including China,*
Including China...that says everything!
Yubaru
One, increase in foreign visitors is a hugely misleading comment. It does not mean an increase in tourists!
Yubaru
Guess you havent been keeping up with the news much. There are reports from numerous countries, that China may NOT have been the starting point of the virus, as cases have been found in Italy and other countries, that predate the outbreak from Wuhan by 3 to 4 months.
In effect, there is no proof about exactly where it started, and it's just easier to blame China than to actually do the detective work and research to find out for sure!
since1981
Great job J-Gov. Opening the borders of GoTo Travel. And people can't understand why the sudden increase in November?
since1981
YubaruToday 07:45 am JST
Guess you havent been keeping up with the news much. There are reports from numerous countries, that China may NOT have been the starting point of the virus, as cases have been found in Italy and other countries, that predate the outbreak from Wuhan by 3 to 4 months.
In effect, there is no proof about exactly where it started, and it's just easier to blame China than to actually do the detective work and research to find out for sure!
Yubaru, you can keep believing that.
GW
At the very least the article SHOULD have broke those numbers down into things like students, cheap labourers, tourists etc
Sloppy reporting
robert maes
These propagandist articles remind me of predicting good weather for the beach areas to get the people to go, whom then find themselves in pouring rain.
these numbers are because of “ technical trainees”, “ students, “ Chinese tourists cheating on their business visa’s and a minority of real business related travellers.
And of course Tokyo2020 raffic. I see the vans coming and going daily from the Shinagawa Prince Quarantine hotel
i@n
Interesting to say the least.
https://reut.rs/384z4bi
Let's wait for further developments
Luddite
Including those with resident, work or student visas is deliberately misleading.
lostrune2
China itself doesn't want anybody to research - look what happened when Australia called for an independent research
Richard Gallagher
Covid-19 came from Wuhan. Not from Italy. Though it did spread to Italy. There is no proof, let me repeat that: no proof that coronavirus originated anywhere other than CHINA.
Essential travelers. Korea, Vietnam and China. Businessmen& women. Politicians of various stripes. US soldiers - not on commercial flights, but military transport to a US base. To wit: Those travelers will no longer need to observe a 14-day quarantine upon arrival if they test negative for the coronavirus and turn in itineraries among other preventive measures. There are 20 flights weekly between China and Narita.
Both Japanese nationals returning from overseas business trips and foreign residents with valid residence permits in Japan, have no restrictions on their overseas travel destination. You do have to self-quarantine on your return for 14 days. Additionally, one must submit a certificate of a negative test, taken within 72 hours of the flight departure. And not use public transport for two weeks.
Japan will also lift the rule requiring the submission of a negative test result for travelers who will spend less than 14 days at their destination from any of the 11 regions Japan has listed.
For Vietnam, Korea and China the restriction is a Level 2 Alert: Level 2, Avoid Non-essential Travel; Japanese nationals are advised to avoid non-essential travel to the country/area, and to stay alert to the situation and take appropriate safety measures should they decide to travel. Level 2 may be issued regarding a particular infectious disease, when it is decided by the Emergency Committee held under the Article 49 of the IHR that an event constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) in accordance with the Article 12.