Poll finds 89% of Japanese back PM's ban on new foreign arrivals

The closure of the borders to new foreign entrants came just weeks after Japan began a cautious re-opening for some businesspeople and students. - Reuters

TOKYO (Bloomberg): Almost 90% of respondents to a Japanese poll backed the prime minister’s decision to suspend new entry by foreigners amid concerns about the Omicron variant.

The survey by the Yomiuri newspaper carried out from Dec 3 - 5 also found support for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida had risen six percentage points to 62 per cent.