Experts call for caution as more people enter Japan without COVID screening at airports

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Haneda Airport on Friday. Health ministry statistics show that the number of people testing positive for the coronavirus through airport screening has fallen significantly. | KYODO

Following an easing of border rules meaning that many people entering Japan aren’t tested for the coronavirus upon arrival, the number of positive cases found during airport screening has fallen sharply, health ministry statistics show. With the nation now open to foreign tourists on guided tours and the cap on daily arrivals having been raised

Japan on alert for omicron variant community infections

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People who arrived from abroad get their documents checked by quarantine staff at Narita Airport on Wednesday. | KYODO

PICTURE GALLERY (CLICK TO ENLARGE). The health ministry has actually raised the level of caution against possible community infections with the omicron version of the coronavirus, tightening up border controls and launching screening tests for the new variant.Three cases of infection with the omicron variation that have been found in Japan were all identified in

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