According to an interview with the people concerned, the government has decided to relax the maximum number of immigrants, which was limited to about 2000 people a day, to about 3500 people from the 16th as a measure against the border of the new coronavirus. rice field.
Regarding mitigation as the infection continues to spread, it is said that the Tokyo Olympics have ended and there is room for quarantine.
In an attempt to strengthen border measures for the new coronavirus, the national government has reduced the total number of immigrants to less than 2000 per day, including re-entry of Japanese and foreigners with status of residence, since March, and international flights. We have requested the airlines that operate the service to limit the number of passengers.
According to people familiar with the matter, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has notified airlines by the 13th that the country has decided to relax the maximum number of immigrants from the 16th to about 3,500 people a day.
The reasons for this are that the Tokyo Olympics have ended and there is room for quarantine, and that the demand for Japanese people overseas to return to Japan is increasing.
In response to this, ANA and Japan Airlines are preparing to reduce the number of passengers on international flights per week from the previous 3,400 to less than 6,100 each.