Passengers wearing personal protection equipment (PPE) are escorted by the employee of an airline company at Narita international airport, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Narita, east of Tokyo, Japan June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan said on Tuesday it will tighten entry controls on people from a number of nations including Afghanistan, Vietnam, Malaysia and Germany, and ask them to stay in government-run quarantine facilities for a set number of days after arrival.

 

The move is in response to concerns about variant forms of the virus, chief cabinet spokesman Katsunobu Kato told a news conference.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2021-06-01

 

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Thailand seems to forget sometimes that the world is watching closely and monitor what is really going on in other countries, then take pro-active measures to safeguard themselves.

The Thai governments bungling of vaccinations is going to hit Thailand hard this year.

Even Phuket now say maybe 65% will be inoculated to allow in tourism, somehow I don't envisage other countries sharing the same lax attitude.

 

Almost no one was allowed to travel from Thailand to japan anyway.   Japan's borders are closed tighter that Thailands.  Only Japanese citizens and a few other special categories of people are allowed to enter the country.  

1 hour ago, Phillip9 said:

Only Japanese citizens and a few other special categories of people are allowed to enter the country.  

And still sticking to Olympics with mass influx starting in July. Hmm...

 

I get the feeling Thailand will open up 100% and my UK ban travel there ????

4 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

And still sticking to Olympics with mass influx starting in July. Hmm...

 

 

"Mass" influx of athletes only though.... which is only something like 15,000 people if you go by past Olympic Games.