My partner in Tokyo, Justin McCurry, This is an update on Plans for Japan and South Korea agreed this week to resume business travel Between the two countries amid optimism that the new Covid-19 infection will slow down. Tourism will be suspended.
Japanese media have reported that travelers and other long-term residents, as well as travelers on short business trips, will be able to enter one country from another if they test negative for coronavirus and provide details of their trip.
While in the Sea of Japan – no date has been announced for the resumption of trade across the sea known as the East Sea in East Korea – the new Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihid Suga, has agreed to take a quick phone conversation with his South Korean counterpart, Moon Jae. -In, late last month, according to the Kyodo News Agency.
Japan began imposing travel bans on foreign visitors in early February, which eventually included 159 countries and territories. But it has recently eased sanctions People entering for work and long-term foreign investments are from countries where the pace of new infections is slow.
Entrants are required to test for the virus before departure and after arrival in Japan, and for self-quarantine for two weeks. They should also take the name of the guarantor in Japan to make sure they follow the rules.
Tourism to the Sea of Japan – known as the East Sea in Korea – will, however, be limited. According to the Japan National Tourism Association, more than 5. million million South Koreans visited Japan last year, with more than 300,000 on business.
Japan’s blanket ban on international tourism could be a timely relief for the postponed Summer Olympics in Tokyo, which opens on July 23, media reports said this week.
The steps under consideration include providing tourists with visas in their home countries as well as downloading a health check-up application and providing evidence that they tested negative for Covid-19 before departure.
Those who test negative again on arrival in Japan can be exempted from the two-week self-quarantine if they use the app to regularly update officials about their physical condition, GG Press reported.
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