Japan to ban new entries of foreigners until end-January – Nikkei

An office worker wearing a protective mask makes his way during a lunch hour at a business district, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan December 25, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan has decided to ban all new entries of foreign nationals from Dec. 28 to the end of January following the detection of a new variant of the coronavirus in arrivals from Britain, Nikkei reported on Saturday.

Reporting by Chris Gallagher; Editing by Andrew Heavens

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