Japan's new ambassador to China, Hideo Tarumi, will be quarantined for two weeks in his residence in Beijing as ordered by the Chinese government, Japanese Embassy officials said Wednesday.Tarumi arrived in China's eastern port city of Qingdao by a civil aircraft earlier in the day. After being tested for the novel coronavirus, he will move to Beijing by a vehicle chartered by the Japanese Embassy on Thursday and assume office, the officials said.Since March, China has suspended direct flights between Beijing and Tokyo with the aim of preventing the virus from entering the country.To allow …READ FULL ARTICLE
