With more countries easing entry restrictions in line with their vaccine rollouts, Japan’s most powerful business lobby is nudging the government to exempt vaccinated travelers from the country's mandatory 14-day quarantine.
The Japan Business Federation, better known as Keidanren, on Monday called on the Suga administration to relax restrictions for fully inoculated arrivals as part of its proposals to resume international travel and revive the nation’s economy.
Keidanren also urged the government to reduce the length of the quarantine for unvaccinated travelers to 10 days, as other countries are doing. In France, vaccine passport holders are exempt from a seven-day quarantine and coronavirus testing upon arrival. Travelers to the U.K. need to isolate for 10 days but that can be reduced if they test negative on the fifth day after arrival.