The "pre-entry PCR test," which has sparked debate over its effectiveness, will be abolished.

The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters announced today that starting from 0:00 on Saturday, the 3rd of next month, all domestic and foreign nationals arriving in the country via flights or ships will no longer be required to submit a negative PCR test result.

However, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters has decided to maintain the requirement for a PCR test to be taken within one day of arrival in order to block the entry of variants circulating overseas.

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