Japan suspends new reservations on all incoming flights

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TOKYO (AP) — Japan has asked international airlines to stop taking new reservations for all flights arriving in Japan until the end of December as the country further tightens its border controls against a new coronavirus variant, the transportation ministry said Wednesday.

It said the request is an emergency precaution amid growing concern over the spread of the new omicron variant.

Those who have already made reservations are not affected, although flights may be canceled if there are insufficient passengers, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism said. Transit passengers are also unaffected, it said. Japan is a major transit hub for flights to and from Asia.

The move comes as Japan confirmed a second case of the omicron variant in a person who arrived from Peru via Doha, one day after it reported its first case in a Namibian diplomat.

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-japan-aabae0b831fbda78133981efc1b43399

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1. Japan retracts new flight bookings ban after criticisms

Japan retracts new flight bookings ban after criticisms (Associated Press)

TOKYO (AP) — Japan says it has retracted a ban on new incoming international flight bookings to defend against the new variant of the coronavirus only a day after the policy was announced, following criticisms that it was an overreaction.

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-japan-72b56ba08f59676ff4b81d5c7eddef6c