Posted on 03/29/2020 7:04:38 PM PDT by sushiman
Japan is planning to ban foreign nationals from entering from the United States and most of Europe, as well as from the remainder of China and South Korea, to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, government sources said Monday.
Some areas of China and South Korea such as Hubei Province and Daegu as well as more than 20 European countries had already been subject to an entry ban imposed by Japan.
Easy to do when you’re an island nation .
It’s a safe way to operate in these days and times.
Wonder how it’s going to affect all their incoming shipments...
Smart and prudent move.
Good. I agree. Tokyo is still pretty much business as usual today.
What about their migrant labor needs?
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we are an island.. just a really big one called a continent :)
Japan has managed to keep the rate of infection low in spite of having some very densely populated cities with crowded subways, and having been overrun with Chinese tourists prior to February of this year.
There is very little handshaking or hugging in Japanese culture, just bowing. I also find myself wondering if this could have something to do with their very elaborate toilets. I don’t want to be overly graphic, but everything has been thoroughly cleansed in Japan long before toilet paper is ever deployed.
“This may be the tip of the iceberg”: Why Japan’s coronavirus crisis may be just beginning
https://www.vox.com/covid-19-coronavirus-explainers/2020/3/28/21196382/japan-coronavirus-cases-covid-19-deaths-quarantine
Good for Japan!
I’m kind of surprised it hasn’t been done already.
It is odd how this invisible virus shows us a value to nationalism, in an age where it has become a dirty word.
We should not be so quick to dismiss our nature for living in families, clans, communities, regions and countries.
not the Xenophon nippons!
Japan is very clean. As opposed to China which is filthy.
Commodore Perry would be livid.
The world is getting a lot bigger.
I’ve been predicting for weeks that things are going to get a lot worse before they get better here in Japan . Testing still low but higher since the 2020 Olympics was postponed !
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