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Japan halts business travellers from 11 countries including Sri Lanka

14 Jan 2021

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Wednesday that the government will temporarily suspend an arrangement allowing business travelers from 11 Asian countries including Sri Lanka to enter Japan, effectively banning the entry of nonresident foreign travelers. According to Japan Times, the 11 countries and regions are: Vietnam, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. Prime Minister Suga explained that the government had changed its position to temporarily halt all business travel as new COVID-19 infections spread domestically, saying that additional steps needed to be taken at borders to prevent new coronavirus variants from entering the country. “To protect people’s lives and livelihoods, and to remove potential risks (over the pandemic), I have decided to temporarily suspend” the entry of foreign business travelers, Suga said.


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