Govt plans to allow foreign students to enter Japan

A Japanese language class is held online among foreign students who are waiting to come to Japan in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, in December. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

The government will likely allow foreign students to enter Japan in stages, after suspending such entries due to the spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus overseas, government sources said Friday.

The first stage of the plan is to allow about 100 government-sponsored students to enter Japan from February.