Japan launched Monday mandatory prearrival tuberculosis screening for Vietnamese planning to stay for over three months, adding them to a measure already in force for visitors from Nepal and the Philippines as the number of foreign nationals diagnosed with the infectious disease rises.The list of countries subjected to the requirement will be expanded to China, Indonesia and Myanmar in the future, according to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry. The system was launched for Nepal and the Philippines in June.Those seeking to stay in Japan for over three months will be in principle obliged…READ FULL ARTICLE
