Tokyo, April 7 (EFE) .- This Friday, April 8, Japan will lift its migration veto on 106 countries, including the United States, most of the European Union and much of Southeast Asia, but will continue to limit benefits. Visas and closed for tourism.
Following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Asian country has maintained a strict immigration policy that has kept the archipelago virtually isolated for more than a year and which has gradually rested for several months. The latter movement will be a new step in relaxation, albeit with small changes in practice.
“It will not change who will be able to enter Japan,” a Justice Department official told the Japan Times after reports that the lifting of the ban had caused confusion among people in other countries.
Japan has suspended visa-free travel arrangements for the country until further notice, so it is now mandatory for a visa application to enter the archipelago, and tourist visas are, in principle, not considered.
The area also has a quota for daily tickets, so free movement of passengers is not yet possible.
The current limit is 7,000 people per day, among Japanese and people of other nationalities, this figure will increase to 10,000 over the next 10 days.
The Government of Japan has the right to ban people from entering the affected areas as a result of the immigration ban in the country.
While making an exception since the pandemic began, Japan in 2022 opened its borders more widely to students, other professionals, and foreign workers, as part of its state job training program, sponsored by universities, companies, and other organizations in the country.
The lifting of the entry veto coincides with the easing that the Japanese government has done in 1 on the recommendation of its citizens not to travel to the same number of countries in Europe, North America and Latin America because of the pandemic.
In exercising this flexibility, they take into account factors such as the number of infections or vaccination rates.
The ban on entry into Japan is currently in force in 56 countries, including Russia, most of Africa and some parts of Eastern Europe.
Source: El Diario
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