JAPAN is examining the prospect of partially reopening its international borders, imposing strict number limits and from selected countries, with Aussie business travellers in the box seat to be the first to make the return.
Starting with the corporate market, the country may soon allow up to 250 arrivals each day, from Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Vietnam.
Corporate travellers would need to show a negative test result for COVID-19 before boarding flights to Japan, as well as undergo a second test on arrival.
Once in the country, visitors’ movements will be restricted to areas including place of stay, company offices and factories, with the use of services such as public transport prohibited.
Further details surrounding what freedoms travellers will enjoy are still to be determined, with parameters of the partial reopening concept still being discussed by a govt taskforce.
Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said nothing specific had yet been decided.
“Relevant ministries are looking into the matter, while taking into consideration infection situations in and outside of Japan and exchanging views with various countries,” he said.
Alongside the other four countries, China and South Korea could also be taken off Japan’s entry ban currently applying to more than 100 countries.
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