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Kishida denies Japan will soon resume tourist entry amid pandemic

Trains come and go along the tracks in Tokyo as Mount Fuji, Japan's highest mountain at 3,776 meters, looms over the area at sunset on Feb 21, 2022. (AFP photo)

TOKYO: Japan has no plan for now to resume the entry of foreign tourists to the country, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday, as it has been bracing for a possible resurgence of the coronavirus.

"No specific schedule has been decided," Kishida said at a press conference, adding the government will make a judgment after looking at the Covid-19 infection situation and border control steps taken by other nations.

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