Japan will ban foreign nationals with Japanese residency from re-entering the country if they are traveling from 10 southern African nations over concerns of the spread of the Omicron variant, according to the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The measure will come into force on Thursday and follows a ban on the new entry of foreign nationals enacted earlier this week. It will prevent foreign residents from returning to Japan from South Africa, Angola, Eswatini, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, and Lesotho, the ministry said.
The ministry said from Thursday, Japanese citizens and residents traveling from Sweden, Spain, Nigeria, and Portugal must quarantine at a government designated facility for three days upon their arrival.