TOKYO – After placing 16 prefectures under COVID-19 pre-emergency measures, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has decided to expand the declaration to 18 more areas in an effort to stop the rapid spread of infections driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant.
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TOKYO – Around 5,500 foreign travelers from the Philippines have touched down in Japan in 2021.
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TOKYO – The Japanese government’s pre-emergency restrictions placed for Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa and nine other prefectures went into effect on Friday, bringing the number of areas under the measures to 16.
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MANILA – Japan is among the countries which have been placed on the Philippines’ “green” list, allowing fully vaccinated Filipinos and foreign travelers to enter the country from Jan. 16 to 31 without the need to undergo quarantine or COVID-19 test.
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TOKYO – Japan will donate $13 million in emergency grant aid via international organizations to help the survivors of Typhoon Odette in the Philippines, the Japanese foreign ministry announced on Friday.
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