FILE PHOTO: CEO of Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten Inc Hiroshi Mikitani speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Feb. 14, 2014. REUTERS/Yuya Shino/File Photo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Rakuten Inc Chief Executive Hiroshi Mikitani has urged Japan's government to review its entry restrictions on foreign nationals, saying prolonged imposition of COVID-19 curbs risks tarnishing Japan's appeal and causing innovation to stagnate.
The head of the e-commerce group adds a high-profile voice from corporate Japan to protests by Western business lobbies over the curbs, which the government put in place to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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