Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno was partially confused about the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's request to airlines to suspend new reservations on all international flights arriving in Japan as a border measure against the new corona virus. Based on this, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has announced that it has canceled the uniform suspension request.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will suspend new reservations on all international flights arriving in Japan for one month until the end of December, saying that it will strengthen border measures against the spread of the new corona mutant virus "Omicron strain". I requested the company.
Regarding this, Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno said at a press conference in the morning, "I know that the request to the airline company was taken from a preventive point of view as an emergency evacuation response, but on the other hand, it caused confusion for some concerned parties. , Prime Minister Kishida has instructed the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to give due consideration to the return demands of Japanese people. "
He added, "In response to this, I am aware that the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has canceled the request to suspend the uniform acceptance of new reservations and has reminded the airlines to give due consideration to the return demand of Japanese people." ..