Japan to require all people entering country to submit COVID-19 test

Japan will further tighten its border controls from Saturday by requiring all people arriving to submit negative results from virus tests taken within 72 hours of their departure for Japan during the period of the latest state of emergency.The measure will apply to those entering Japan from Wednesday and be effective until a second state of emergency that was declared Thursday is lifted, the Foreign Ministry said. The government said the emergency declaration will run through Feb. 7.Businesspeople and students from Taiwan and 10 Asian nations including mainland China and South Korea are cur…READ FULL ARTICLE