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Invisible threats / Japan slow to act amid fears of China's Olympic app

Amid China's growing presence in both the military and economic fields, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is concerned that Japan has too many vulnerabilities in areas including the protection of vital information and supply networks, and the Japanese government is expediting efforts to pass an "economic security promotion law." This is…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan imposes sanctions on Russia over actions in Ukraine

Japan is imposing sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine, including prohibiting the issuance of Russian bonds in Japan and freezing the assets of certain Russian individuals, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Rahm showers Chicago blues, baseball treasures on Japanese dignitaries

The new U.S. ambassador to Japan has been busy giving gifts in his new job.

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Germany to begin rollout of Novavax’s jab; New Zealand to end vaccine mandates after Omicron peak

Latest updates: Germany hopes protein-based vaccine comparable to flu jabs will help sway people sceptical of mRNA vaccines

The Guardian - UK

Covid: South Korea reports more than 100,000 new cases for first time – as it happened

Latest updates: south Korean case numbers have risen in recent weeks due to Omicron

The Guardian - UK

Japan PM Kishida's border easing as COVID deaths spike draws ire online

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's plan to relax the strictest COVID-19 border controls among wealthy nations has pleased nobody, with businesses and student groups worried it might not be enough while online critics blast his change of tack.

Reuters

Kishida gives in to calls to ease border restrictions

Persistent calls from business circles, international students and others to reopen the nation's borders likely influenced the government's plan to ease restrictions, which Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Thursday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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Japan PM Kishida eases virus entry ban despite political risk

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida rolled back some of the developed world’s most stringent virus border measures as he sought to tread a narrow path on pandemic policy that helped bring down his two predecessors.

Tribune News Service

Japan eases virus border rules for workers, students from March 1

TOKYO: Japan will ease its strict virus border rules to allow students and businesspeople into the country from March, but tourists will still be barred, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Japan Eases Border Controls amid Criticism as Exclusionist

Japan announced Thursday it will ease its tough COVID-19 border controls by increasing the number of people allowed to enter each day and reduce quarantine requirements following criticism that its current policy is unscientific and xenophobic. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the daily entry cap will be raised to 5,000,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Japan eases border controls amid criticism as exclusionist

Japan will ease its tough COVID-19 border controls by increasing the number of people allowed to enter each day and reduce quarantine requirements following criticism that its current policy is unscientific and xenophobic

The Independent UK

Japan to ease Covid border controls after two years of ‘seclusion policy’

Reports say PM will raise caps on arrivals and shorten quarantine times amid complaints that tough measures were worsening chronic labour shortage

The Guardian - AU

Japan eases strict border controls criticised by business, educators

Japan will ease border controls imposed to counter the pandemic, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday, softening measures that have been among the strictest imposed by wealthy nations and have been slammed by business and educators.

Reuters

Omicron surge was more deadly in Japan after booster delay, critics say

A Japanese government delay in rolling out COVID-19 booster shots left it more vulnerable than other rich countries when the Omicron variant brought a surge of deaths, say experts, local governments and a former vaccine czar.

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Japan offers Ukraine $100 million in loans in show of support

Japan is ready to extend at least $100 million in emergency loans to Ukraine, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday, the Japanese government said in a summary of their phone call.

Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: Renewed calls for de-escalation

Ukraine-Russia crisis news from February 15: Putin says Russia ready for talks on confidence-building measures.

Tribune News Service

Japan public backs tight borders as government seeks to ease

Most Japanese want to keep strict virus border controls, according to a poll, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida saying at the weekend he was looking to ease one of the most stringent policies in the developed world.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Kishida mulls easing COVID border controls

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Saturday that he is considering "a policy direction for relaxing border controls" on entry into Japan, which were imposed to prevent an increased spread of the omicron variant of the novel coronavirus.

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The Independent UK

Japan mulls easing COVID border controls amid criticism

Japan is considering easing its stringent border controls amid growing criticism that the measures, which have banned most foreign entrants including students and business travelers, are hurting the country’s economy and international profile

Bangkok Post

PM: Japan may ease entry ban

TOKYO: The Japanese government will consider easing its three-month-old entry ban on nonresident foreigners, amid growing criticism from academic and business circles, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

1,000 extra beds for covid patients to be set aside in Tokyo, Osaka

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the governors of Tokyo and Osaka agreed Wednesday to set up additional temporary medical facilities in the two prefectures to provide medical care for a total of about 1,000 patients.

The Independent UK

Japan to extend virus measures in Tokyo and other areas

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced plans to keep COVID-19 restrictions for Tokyo and 12 other areas for three more weeks until early March

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Calls grow for Japan to ease border restrictions

The business community is calling for a relaxation of border restrictions implemented to mitigate the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant, but Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is treading carefully as the public has been supportive of strict measures.

Reuters

Japan parliament resolution on Ukraine condemns changing status quo with force

Japan's parliament on Tuesday adopted a resolution on rising tensions over Ukraine, denouncing any attempt to change the status quo by force and urging Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government to do all it can to help achieve peace.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japanese public holds mixed feelings on omicron, government measures, Yomiuri poll finds

Mixed feelings of people worried about being infected and seriously ill while also praising shortened quarantine measures are seen in a recent Yomiuri Shimbun poll. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will be pressed to make some difficult choices.

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