Relaxation of immigration restrictions received by the new corona Global target October 1, 5:22

Regarding immigration restrictions following the spread of the new coronavirus, the government has decided to relax restrictions worldwide from the 1st and allow foreigners with medium- to long-term status of residence to newly enter Japan. ..

As part of the border measures for the new coronavirus, the government refuses entry from 159 countries and regions in principle, but with some countries and regions where the infection situation is relatively calm, such as Vietnam and Taiwan. We are resuming traffic for business people.



Under these circumstances, the government has further relaxed immigration restrictions for economic recovery, and from the 1st, foreigners with medium- to long-term status of residence such as business personnel, medical and education personnel, and international students will be targeted all over the world. We will allow new entry into Japan.



However, there are concerns within the government that the relaxation of immigration restrictions may lead to the spread of infection in Japan, so the accepting companies and organizations that can promise measures such as waiting for 14 days for those entering Japan by this measure The number of immigrants will be limited to a limited range, provided that they are present.



In the future, the government will gradually increase the number of people entering Japan by expanding the system such as PCR testing at each airport, and will discuss with each government to resume traffic while assessing the infection situation in each country. I would like to proceed and increase the number of countries that can enter from Japan.