Japan suspends international arrivals for remainder of 2021 [UPDATE: decision reversed

[UPDATE: Decision reversed]

Citing concerns over the new coronavirus variant, the government of Japan has instructed airlines to stop taking new reservations for international flights. So far the island nation has two confirmed Omicron variant cases. The first was a Namibian diplomat and the second, who was fully vaccinated, arrived in Japan from Peru via Doha. — Read the rest