By TAISHI SASAYAMA/ Staff Writer
January 4, 2022 at 18:15 JST
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida makes the traditional visit to Ise Jingu shrine in Mie Prefecture on Jan. 4. (Kotaro Ebara)
ISE, Mie Prefecture—Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the focus of measures to battle the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus will shift from strengthening border controls to halting community spreads of the strain. [Read More]
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