“At the current stage, a new easing of requirements in this area of the fight against the epidemic is not yet realistic,” TASS quoted Kishida as saying during a debate in the budget commission of the upper house of parliament.
During the discussion, many MPs called for softening the conditions for wearing masks, calling it necessary during the hot and humid Japanese summer.
Earlier it became known that in Japan it was decided to resume the reception of foreign tourists from June 10.