Recently, the COVID-19 epidemic in Japan has tended to ease, and it is reported that the Japanese government plans to gradually relax the entry restrictions for foreigners holding business, study and technical intern training visas as early as next Monday, that is, November 8!
Since the outbreak, the Japanese government has maintained stricter entry restrictions. The Japanese government previously required inbound personnel to quarantine for 14 days at home, but from October onwards, the quarantine period was shortened to 10 days, provided that vaccination with COVID-19 vaccines recognized in Japan must be completed.
The quarantine policy for international students is as follows
In view of the recent reduction in new confirmed cases and the further relaxation of restrictions by the economic circles, the Japanese government plans to adjust the epidemic prevention measures at the port of the new crown virus, and the time for business people holding "vaccine passports" issued by foreign government agencies and recognized by the Japanese government and negative nucleic acid test certificates will be reduced from 10 days to 3 days after entry, and if the test results on the 4th day are negative, they can take public transportation and eat out. The new rules require enterprises to manage the trajectory of inbound business people. This policy will be implemented as soon as 8 November.
The latest mitigation measures for the administration of entry
There are currently only three vaccines on the List of vaccines recognized by the Japanese government: Pfizer, Modena and AstraZeneca. After entering Japan, foreign business people who are unable to provide a "vaccine passport" recognized by the Japanese government will remain in home quarantine for 10 days.
For the specific entry epidemic prevention and control rules for international students, it is necessary to wait for the specific information released by the Ministry of Internal and External Affairs this week.
In addition, the current maximum number of daily arrivals in Japan is 3,500, and the government also intends to relax to 5,000 in late December, according to the Nikkei Shimbun, as of October 1, about 370,000 foreigners could not enter Japan due to border controls, of which 70% were technical interns and international students.
It is understood that the major airlines in Japan have begun to adjust the routes after the new regulations take effect, increase the route layout of neighboring Countries such as China, and intend to go to Japan after the new regulations take effect