Japan will also remove a special measure subjecting visitors from mainland China to random testing on arrival that was implemented last December when infections there surged, he said.
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The government had originally planned to implement the adjustments on May 8, when it downgrades the official prestige of the coronavirus to a non-unusual infectious disease such as seasonal flu, but it has to accelerate them for the Christmas season that begins on Saturday.
A passenger arrives from Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 8, 2021. Japan will lift its coronavirus border controls from April 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)
The Japanese government withdrew its requests for masks in March, leaving it to everyone’s discretion. Most Japanese continue to use them, now only receiving counseling on trains, hospitals and other crowded public spaces, and close to the elderly and other vulnerable people.
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COVID-19 has recently been classified as a type 2 disease along with SARS and tuberculosis, allowing restrictions on the movement of patients and their close contacts and the issuance of emergency measures by the government. Downgrading it to Class Five will follow those rules.