Following the spread of the new mutant virus of the new corona, the government has in principle suspended new entry of foreigners from the 30th to all countries and regions of the world.

We would like to prevent the spread of infection in Japan by strengthening the virus monitoring system as well.

Following the spread of the new mutant virus "Omicron strain" confirmed in South Africa to each country, the government has targeted all countries and regions of the world from midnight on the 30th, and new foreigners In principle, we have stopped entering Japan.



The period of these measures is set to one month for the time being.



Also, regarding the return of Japanese people, after December 1st, we will cancel the mitigation measures to shorten the waiting period at home etc. to a minimum of 3 days and tighten the restrictions such as returning to 14 days again.



Furthermore, for Japanese returning from 23 countries and regions such as South Africa and the United Kingdom where "Omicron strain" has been confirmed, it is said that they will stay at the facility designated by the quarantine station for 3 to 10 days after entering Japan. Stronger measures will be taken.



This has expanded the demand for "stops" to a total of 44 countries and territories.



Prime Minister Kishida said that it was a temporary response until the information on the mutant virus was revealed to a certain extent, and said, "We think that we should deal with unknown risks carefully and carefully, and manage the administration. I asked the people for their cooperation.



In addition to these measures, the government has decided to thoroughly check the health status of returnees, and also has a monitoring system for "Omicron strains" such as performing genome analysis of all samples that are positive in quarantine. We would like to prevent the spread of infection in Japan by strengthening it.

Vietnam sends out the most technical intern trainees to Japan

In Vietnam, which has sent the largest number of technical intern trainees to Japan, there is widespread confusion about Japan's suspension of new entry of foreigners to all countries and regions of the world from the 30th.



Vietnam has sent many technical intern trainees to Japan in recent years, and last year more than half of the technical intern trainees in Japan were Vietnamese.



After the spread of the new coronavirus, many Vietnamese were stranded due to immigration restrictions in Japan, and even a company in Hanoi, the capital city that provides Japanese language education, was unable to travel about 350 people. , Japan was preparing to leave the country after the restrictions were relaxed in November.



However, on the 29th of that day, after Japan decided to suspend new entry, the person in charge of the company called the trainees and told them that they could not enter the country again.



A 20-year-old student who was contacted said, "I've been waiting for more than a year, so I was disappointed to hear the news. I want to go to Japan, but my family has persuaded me to give up." It was a state.



A man representing the company said, "I am very shocked. I hope that the Japanese government will respond so that the trainees can go to Japan sooner."



Under these circumstances, some people have given up going to Japan.



A 29-year-old man living in northern Vietnam had been trained as a technical intern trainee in Hanoi, but stopped traveling because he had no prospect of entering Japan and is working at a local building materials factory.



The man said positively, "I can spend time with my family and I don't have a problem with my income. I'm glad I made the decision to stay in Vietnam."