The Japanese government is considering lowering its travel advisory for 12 countries and regions, including South Korea, from a "Do Not Travel" recommendation to a "Recommend Refraining from Non-Essential Travel" recommendation.

This was reported by the Nikkei Shimbun on the 7th.

According to the report, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs is considering lowering the advisory for some countries currently under "Level 3" (recommendation to cancel travel) to "Level 2" (recommendation to refrain from non-essential travel).

The countries and regions subject to adjustment are South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Australia, New Zealand, Brunei, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Taiwan, totaling 12.

Countries and regions under Level 2 are generally excluded from Japan's entry denial list.

The Japanese government plans to exempt nationals of Level 2 countries from PCR testing upon entry into Japan.

The newspaper interpreted this as, "Some countries and regions are restricting entry based on the fact that the Japanese government has issued a travel advisory. There is also an expectation that these countries will ease their restrictions in line with Japan's lifting of its advisory."

These are English translations of articles from our GTTOUR Japanese website.