At a press conference in the afternoon, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato said that Japanese people who entered China had received an anal PCR test and that it was psychologically painful. He made it clear that he had offered to be exempt.
In this, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato said, "I am aware that PCR tests are being performed by the anus on people subject to mass isolation and some immigrants in China. Some Japanese at the Japanese Embassy in China In addition to the information that he had undergone an anal PCR test after traveling to China, he received opinions such as great psychological distress. "
After that, "I have just made a request from the embassy to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Beijing City authorities to exempt Japanese from PCR testing by anal. At this point, I have not received a reply that the testing method will be changed. We continue to work on it. "
Meanwhile, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato said, "It is unclear how many Japanese people are undergoing such tests at this time. It has not been confirmed whether such tests are being carried out in countries other than China."