Japan will ease its strict virus border rules to allow students and businesspeople into the country from March, but tourists will still be barred, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said.
The move comes with growing pressure on Japan from the business community and academics to loosen the border restrictions, which are the toughest in the G7 but have broad support from Japanese voters, AFP reports.
Japan has barred tourists since the early days of the pandemic, and has in some cases prevented even existing foreign residents from entering the country.
