NEW YORK -- Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that the government will significantly relax its border control measures against the novel coronavirus from Oct. 11.
At a press conference in New York, Kishida announced plans to lift an entry ban on individual tourists, scrap the current daily entry limit of 50,000 people and allow visitors from the United States and certain other countries to enter Japan for short stays without a visa.
In light of the decline in infection numbers in Japan, the government intends to shift the gears of its COVID-19 measures toward living with the coronavirus.
