THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 10, 2022 at 17:01 JST
Students from various countries chat on a campus of Akita International University. (Provided by Akita International University)
Japan plans to allow around 10,000 foreign students to enter the country every week so that all 110,000 or so students who have been denied entry because of COVID-19 border controls can finally arrive by the end of May.
The plan will start from mid-March after border control measures are eased.
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