THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 7, 2021 at 16:45 JST
Masakazu Tokura, chairman of Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 3. (Kazuhiro Nagashima)
Japan’s most powerful business lobby is calling on the government to help revive the economy by waiving a 14-day quarantine period for travelers arriving from overseas if they show proof they are fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. [Read More]
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