In
response to the
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's
request to
airlines to suspend new reservations on international flights arriving in Japan,
some Japanese living overseas have had to give up their temporary return at the end of the year. There are many.
Canceled returning to Japan for the first time in 1 year and 9 months
A man living in Thailand who stopped returning to Japan for the first time in 1 year and 9 months expressed anxiety about the uncertain future.
Masa Sakoda (34), who is the representative of a company that produces and sells tomatoes in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, returned to Japan for the first time in 1 year and 9 months at the end of this month due to a decrease in the number of newly infected people in Japan and Thailand. However, I couldn't make a reservation and canceled my return to Japan.
Before the spread of the new corona, Mr. Sakoda returned to Japan once every few months to meet with his parents, but after the spread of the infection, he was refraining from traveling and when his grandmother died last April. Because I couldn't attend the funeral, I was looking forward to visiting a grave in Japan and spending time with my family for the first time in a while.
Mr. Sakoda said about this response, "I think that it is unavoidable to think about the safety of Japan by taking corrective measures in terms of not allowing new mutant viruses to enter the country."
On top of that, "I'm worried that even if the vaccination of the new corona progresses so much, there is no future for the situation to improve. My parents are not young, so I would like to meet them often, but I wonder when I can go home." Frankly, I sincerely hope that this situation will improve as soon as possible and that we will be able to continue to travel as usual. "
I couldn't meet my daughter who went on to Japan
Shoko Yamada (49), the capital of Thailand, has lived nearly two years away from her eldest daughter who went to a Japanese university last year, but she had to give up her temporary return at the end of the year.
Mr. Yamada said, "I was very disappointed because I was returning to Japan to meet my family. My daughter was disappointed and almost crying. I have no choice but to go home online."
Regarding the response of the Japanese government, "I understand that I want to respond carefully because the number of infections in Japan is decreasing. I am not the only one in this situation, so I am telling you to put up with it a little more." I was talking.
Government "I'm not asking you to cancel your reservation"
The government said, "The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has requested the airlines to stop accepting new reservations for flights arriving in Japan in December, based on the reservation status of flights in December. We are not asking you to cancel an existing reservation. "
After that, "We have just made a request to stop accepting new reservations as an urgent measure, but the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is considering how to handle it in the future so that it can meet the return demand of Japanese people." It is said that.