Japan weighs lifting of pre-departure Covid tests for travellers

A worker wearing a vest advertising a Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing stands on a street in Tokyo, Japan. - Bloomberg

TOKYO (Reuters): Japan may lift requirements for pre-departure Covid-19 tests for travellers entering the country, the Nikkei newspaper has reported.

Japan has some of the strictest pandemic border measures among major economies, requiring travellers to present a negative coronavirus test taken within 72 hours of departure.