Japan plans to strengthen quarantine measures for Chinese inbound passengers, and additional rapid screening is also required when entering the country.

(Reuters)

[Special Commissioner Lin Cuiyi in Japan/Report from Tokyo on the 27th] The outbreak of the epidemic in China is scheduled to be lifted next month. As a large number of tourists are expected to go abroad during the Spring Festival, Japan is facing an enemy and plans to strengthen quarantine measures for Chinese inbound tourists. In addition to holding a certificate of 3 doses of vaccination or a negative PCR test within 72 hours, a quick screening is also required when entering the country.

China has abandoned the zero-clearing policy. According to foreign media reports, more than 250 million people have been infected since December. However, China has announced that it will downgrade the epidemic prevention policy from the 8th of next month. "New Coronary Pneumonia" has been renamed "New Coronavirus Infection". Cancel entry quarantine measures and resume inbound and outbound tourism.

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Japan's Fuji News Network (FNN) reported that relevant government sources revealed that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida negotiated with Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato Katsunobu at the official residence today to strengthen the entry control of Chinese tourists.

At present, you only need to show proof of 3 vaccinations, or a negative PCR certificate 72 hours before entry to enter Japan. However, after the collapse of China's epidemic prevention, the infection has spread rapidly.

The report also pointed out that it will be implemented as soon as this year.

After Japan lifted its border controls in mid-October this year, more than 930,000 tourists entered the country in November, of which about 21,000 were Chinese tourists. , the number of tourists visiting Japan may increase significantly.

After the outbreak of the epidemic in China, Japanese social networks asked Kishida to control the entry of Chinese tourists. In particular, it is expected that a large number of tourists will enter the country during the Spring Festival. Many people worry that the nightmare of three years ago will return.

Yuichiro Tamaki, representative of the National Democratic Party, also posted on Twitter that if China does not disclose accurate information about the epidemic, it should restrict the entry of Chinese tourists before the Spring Festival, and prevent the epidemic prevention measures from returning to the original point two years ago.

The U.S. embassy in China has stopped issuing visas to Chinese tourists since the 15th of this month. Although it is due to the shortage of manpower due to the spread of the epidemic, there are also views that this is a disguised control measure adopted by the United States against possible mutant strains.

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