TOKYO -- Japan's business and tourism sectors are bracing for a widespread impact on revenues after new restrictions on arrivals from China and South Korea were enacted to curb the spread of the new coronavirus.
Effective Monday, Japan will quarantine all arrivals from China and South Korea for two weeks. Tokyo is also nullifying short-term visas issued in those two countries until the end of March, and will not issue new visas, barring human rights reasons or other exceptions. In response, South Korea is suspending tourism visa waivers for Japanese travelers starting Monday.
