The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will suspend new reservations on all international flights arriving in Japan for the month ending December, as it strengthens border measures against the spread of the new Corona variant virus "Omicron strain". I requested the airline.
The target includes Japanese people who are overseas, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism explains that it is an "emergency evacuation precautionary measure" that Japanese people who have not made reservations will be virtually unable to return to Japan.
As the infection of the new mutant virus "Omicron strain" of the new corona is spreading, the government has stopped new entry of foreigners in principle, and the upper limit of the number of immigrants per day is about 3500. We are strengthening border measures such as lowering.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has requested that airlines suspend all new reservations for international flights arriving in Japan for the month ending December.
In response to this, ANA and Japan Airlines have taken measures to cancel the acceptance of international flight reservations from the 1st.
According to airlines, the number of reservations for arriving flights increased in December because Japanese people living overseas spend the year-end and New Year holidays in Japan.
It is said that reservations that have already been completed will not be canceled, but the target of the request to stop new reservations includes Japanese who are overseas, and Japanese who have not made reservations are effectively returning to Japan. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism explains that it is an "emergency evacuation precautionary measure".
On top of that, the request may be reviewed depending on the infection situation in the future.