Japan considers re-opening door to some foreigners


Passengers walk at an empty domestic terminal of Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 29, 2020. The Japanese government is expected to lift restrictsions to allow travellers from Thailand, Vietnam, Australia and New Zealand into the country in the coming months. - AP

TOKYO (Reuters): Japan is considering re-opening its borders to travellers from selected countries which have low levels of coronavirus infections, as it begins to ease restrictions put in place earlier this year to control the outbreak.

As schools, cinemas, sports clubs and department stores reopened in the nation's capital Tokyo on Monday (June 1), media have reported that the government is also planning to allow travellers from Thailand, Vietnam, Australia and New Zealand into the country in the coming months.

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