Japan will suspend the entry of business people from 11 countries and territories, including Vietnam, into the country as part of its efforts to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kyodo News reported on January 13.
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Tokyo (VNA) – Japan will suspend the entry of business people from 11 countries and territories, including Vietnam, intothe country as part of its efforts to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic,Kyodo News reported on January 13.
This means Japan will not grant entry permits to allnonresident foreign nationals.
The Japanese government last month halted new entries from most of the world,but business travelers from 11 countries and territories, which signedbilateral agreements with the Asian nation, namely Brunei, Cambodia, China,Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan(China), and Vietnam, had been exempted.
During ameeting with Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide and several other seniorgovernment officials on January 12, the governors of Tokyo and three neighbouringprovinces of Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa asked for more measures, includingtightening control at border gates, to contain the spread of COVID-19 andprevent new variants of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 from entering Japan.
They also asked the government to give priority to assisting communityhealth centres in allocating resources for COVID-19 prevention. Currently, theburden on these centres is increasing as the pandemic is spreading rapidly andsome centres have decided to suspend the tracking of many SARS-CoV-2 cases.
Japanese officials said the government will provide financial support for companies thatapply the tele-working model./.
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An airport in Tokyo, Japan (Photo: japanvisitor.com) 
