The epidemic in Japan has recently eased, and with the end of the election, the government has also begun to study new immigration policies.
According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the government has decided to relax the entry policy! This adjustment mainly involves three types of personnel, namely short-term business travelers, foreign students and technical intern trainees.
For entrants on short-term business trips, the post-entry quarantine period will be reduced from 10 days to 3 days if vaccination has been completed. The shortening of the quarantine period also applies to Japanese people who have returned home after completing their overseas operations. The government hopes to gradually activate international business exchanges while controlling the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new entry policy will be introduced this week, when the specific implementation plan will be announced, and the government has also clarified the target of implementation within this month, and it is expected to be able to enter the country as soon as 8.
It should be noted that tourist visas are not within the scope of this opening. The government will liberalize the entry policy in stages, within the scope of consideration of security.
In January, Japan's covid-19 rebound, coupled with the impact of the mutated virus overseas, tightened entry restrictions. By October, Japan had a backlog of 370,000 people waiting to enter Japan, nearly 70% of whom were international students and technical intern trainees.
In view of this situation, japan's "Japan Private University Alliance" and the "Japan Association of National Universities" submitted a request to the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Director of Education respectively at the end of September to ease the entry policy for privately funded foreign students. Finally, after more than a month, the government responded.
As the new entry policy is about to be announced, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will also issue written documents confirming that enterprises and universities that accept new entrants will take necessary epidemic prevention measures so that they can quickly strengthen countermeasures when new mutated viruses are discovered.
For the new immigration policy, most Japanese netizens said that it was good news, but some people also said that the quarantine time was too short, and some people suggested that the government consider staying abroad as soon as possible...
Good news. Travel between Europe and the United States has resumed, with business-oriented travel skyrocketing. Japan should not be left behind! The urgent task after that is to digitize vaccination certificates. Temperatures will drop in the future, so be careful. Children under the age of 12 should also have vaccination measures.
Ha? In other words, japanese people who are abroad still need to quarantine for 10 days when they temporarily return home? For business purposes, is it okay to get vaccinated? Foreigners only need to quarantine for 3 days?
I understand the necessity of immigration policy. But I can't stand the Japanese government's treatment of foreigners better than overseas Japanese. At the time of the Olympic Games, it was deeply felt that the Japanese government treated Overseas Japanese below foreigners.
I haven't seen my parents in almost two years. The ultimate solution is to change the nationality
I hope that Japanese people who are overseas will be considered for immigration policy... I want to know how the kids are doing now. Many families have relatives who have not returned for 2 years, and even grandparents have not seen their newborn grandchildren (meeting with the elderly is a little bit risky, but this is an individual judgment... Listening to the recent returnees, there is a strong demand that vaccine passports be used internationally.
This is good news!! However, the specific details have not yet been announced, and it is hoped that adjustments will be made as soon as possible. More and more people wanted to come to Japan, and foreign relations began to increase.
In any case, the epidemic is gradually under control and the entry policy is eased, which is good news! If you have international students waiting to go to Japan, you can prepare for it early!
Of course, the awareness of protection must not be relaxed, and daily protection such as vaccination and wearing masks must be done, which is both responsible for oneself and for others and society.
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