NGOs want gov't to ease restrictions on travel to conflict areas

Fine, if you want to go, first sign a waiver, agreeing that IF and more likely WHEN you get abducted and held for ransom, the Japanese government will have no responsibility whatsoever for your safe return, and the government also refuses to allow any media coverage regarding any incidents that may affect you and your safety.

You want to go, go, just dont expect anyone to come running to your aid.

Many of the NGOs receive public funding in exchange for complying with a variety of conditions set by the government that include abiding by the travel restrictions.

(A non-governmental organization (NGO) a not-for-profit organization that is independent from states and international governmental organizations. ) sponsored by the govt in exchange of complying to a "variety" of conditions set by the same govt, another Japanese cultural exception I guess....

he would never allow such nonsense. imagine they saw the truth on the ground and wasn't just quite what Abe and Suga are telling the japanese public?