The current border rules allow in only Japanese nationals and permanent foreign residents and have raised the ire of foreign students and scholars who say the measures are unfair, unscientific ...

Japanese officials are scrambling to keep the Omicron variant from taking hold inside the country. They're focusing on border restrictions, but the rules are unclear, especially for Japan's ...

On October 11, Japan will lift most of the remaining border restrictions it enforced more than two years ago, at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic. On the face of it, that means a return to ...