Pressure is mounting on Japan to relax mask rules and border controls. But with COVID-19 on the rise in the West and Down Under, should it...
“We have been waiting for more than two years and with so much anticipation for this moment, it feels like it has finally arrived” ー Masaharu...
Attracting foreign visitors, in addition to expanding domestic travel, will speed up the revitalization of all regions in Japan.
Japan’s focus on the 3Cs instead of large-scale testing was met with disbelief in the West; global excess mortality numbers now tell a different story.
Japan will experimentally open its doors to travelers from four countries in a form of small package tours in May, prior to reopening to the rest...
As the Golden Week holiday began on April 29, tourists wearing masks flocked to Mt. Takao and other tourist sites in Japan.
This is the first time the government has issued a June timeline for further opening of Japan’s borders, with an entry process similar to other G7...
Clean hands, masks, ventilated spaces. Local governments remind Japanese to continue personal cautions extended spring holiday begins.
Shanghai residents are practically under house arrest. China’s central government disregards human rights in the name of its zero-COVID policy.
Two years into the pandemic, Tohoku employers are welcoming their new staff members with building-wide broadcasts, large group ceremonies and other special events.
Effective measures targeting the elderly would remove the necessity of imposing severe restraints on the freedom of society as a whole.
Very early on in the pandemic Japan focused on airborne transmission, but it should not relax. In other countries, a loosening of restrictions has been associated...
