Japan should lift entry cap, declare COVID-19 endemic: Keidanren

'We must not lose fans of Japan' with border curbs, business lobby chair warns

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Travelers walk in the international arrivals lobby at Narita Airport near Tokyo on March 1. (Photo by Rie Ishii)

JUNICHI SUGIHARA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japan should end coronavirus border restrictions and approach COVID-19 as an endemic disease now that vaccines and treatments are available, the country's top business lobby proposed Monday.

"We would like the government to declare [the coronavirus as] endemic as soon as possible," the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, said in a statement.

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