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This time, let's take a look at the way to and from Japan that was cut off from yesterday (9th). Only three Korean citizens moved to Japan yesterday after mutual visa free entry. Following Korea, China has also taken countermeasures against Japan.

I'm correspondent for Tokyo Yuseongjae.

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Yesterday, the Incheon International Airport passenger flight boarding for Osaka Kansai Airport was busy.

There were no Koreans who were suspended from entering the country without a visa.

Of the first passengers flying from Korea to Narita Airport, only two Koreans lived in Japan.

Japanese authorities have asked all immigrants to wait in their homes or accommodations for two weeks, limiting the means of transportation to cars and rental cars.

Only three Koreans entered Japan from Korea yesterday, with the Japanese government suspending entry to Korea without visas and suspending previously issued visas.

After the Korean government tightened the Japanese entry process, China decided to suspend some visa exemptions for Japanese tourists.

Major foreign officials say the Chinese government has informed Japan that it will halt some of Japan's visa exemptions, which had been granted within 15 days.

Japanese Prime Minister Abe says the move was political.

[Abe / Japanese Prime Minister (Yesterday, House of Representatives): It was a final political decision. Of course, I didn't do it alone, but I decided after consulting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.]

It was interpreted that Prime Minister Abe first considered distrust of the conservative supporters of both countries.