Japan’s rigid coronavirus travel ban leaves foreign workers in a quandary

William Chin faced an impossible choice. The long-term resident of Japan left for Taiwan on Tuesday to attend a company board meeting and avoid losing his position as chairman. But now that he is left Tokyo, there’s no guarantee he’ll be able to return to his wife and daughter.The coronavirus pandemic has made international travel a crapshoot almost everywhere in the world, but Japan has thrown up an especially steep barrier to entry.Almost everyone except citizens is barred from entry if they…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3085229/japans-rigid-coronavirus-travel-ban-leaves-foreign-workers