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In the meantime, the Japanese government, which had only blocked people from Korea's Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions from entering the country, today (1st) has expanded the target to all over Korea. It seems that we made this decision because our fears in Japan were bigger than we were.

For more information, correspondent Yoo Seong-jae, Tokyo.

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The Japanese government has announced that it will expand all over Korea to areas where it refuses to enter the country.

He said he also refused entry from China and across the United States.

[Abe / Japan Prime Minister: (Korea, etc.) will be added to the area subject to the entry denied by the Immigration Control Act, and it will take effect from 00:00 on the 3rd.]

Foreigners who have stayed in the area within two weeks of the application for entry are not allowed to enter Japan in principle, and infection checks are mandatory for immigration Japanese.

Japan has designated 73 countries and regions that have refused to enter the country.

Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan upgraded the travel warnings for these regions to three stages, which means 'stop visits'.

As for South Korea, since the visa waiver has already been suspended since 9th of last month and the existing visa has been suspended, it is unlikely that many Koreans will be affected by this.

Nevertheless, the reason Japan is stepping up its measures is because the recent spread has not been serious.

In Tokyo, the capital city, yesterday's 78 people added 66 confirmed people today, and the total number of infected people in Japan exceeded 3,000.

Prime Minister Abe replied to questions and answers while wearing a mask.

In addition, the Corona Countermeasures Headquarters showed a high sense of crisis by attending only half of ministers concerned about simultaneous infection.

(Video editing: Han Chul-min)