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118: Japan relaxes its border restrictions w/ Kanako Takahara

Deep Dive from The Japan Times

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Is There a Chink in the Border?

People are relieved about the border restrictions being eased, but they're really not sure if they are going to be able to come to japan by april or any time soon. They're cautiously optimistic because of what has been the case for the past two years - when it opened borders and then it closed shut weeks later. People are worried t something could happen an gid rater shot the borders, right? And how likely a sonao is that to happen? Have the government said at this point, you know, if, say, another indoas virus came along, that was more contagious or more deadly, would they consider shutting down the path to new entries? Again, i would

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