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The Guardian on those stranded abroad due to Japan's travel restrictions: almost 150,000 students, workers and others hoping to join relatives.
Today, demonstrations against travel restrictions were staged in several countries.
This week, the Japanese government announced that they will allow entry to 87 state-funded foreign students.
‘I cried all day’: the anguish of people locked out of Japan by Covid
Travel restrictions have stranded almost 150,000 students, workers and others hoping to join relatives
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Today, demonstrations against travel restrictions were staged in several countries.
Protests initiated by "Stop Japan's Ban", a group launched on Twitter, began Tuesday, as foreign exchange students and business people barred from entering the country gathered at various locations such as in front of Japanese embassies in a string of countries including Mongolia, Poland, India and Malaysia. The move came amid an anti-coronavirus entry ban that has been in place since Nov. 30, with Japan confirming its first case of the Omicron variant later that day. This month, the entry ban was further extended until the end of February. More protests are in the works this month in countries such as Germany, Austria, Spain and Argentina, as well as in Tokyo in front of the Japanese prime minister's office in February, according to organizers.
Japan's COVID-19 foreign entry ban spurs global demonstrations - The Mainichi
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Demonstrations against Japan's tight border restrictions on nonresident foreigners implemented to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have
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This week, the Japanese government announced that they will allow entry to 87 state-funded foreign students.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a news conference on Jan. 17 that the government decided to grant entry to the students, after considering their individual circumstances in light of public interest and urgency. All these students are less than a year from graduating from their universities or completing their coursework. They are also at risk of not being able to graduate if they are not allowed to enter Japan.