TOKYO -- Japan has begun preparing to allow long-term foreign residents to return to the country in September, Nikkei has learned, after facing criticism as the only Group of Seven economy to restrict their entry as a measure to prevent coronavirus infection.
A decision will be made soon by the government's coronavirus task force. Returnees will be required to take a polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, test and self-quarantine for 14 days -- the same rules that apply to Japanese nationals.
