Japan is only harming itself by keeping its borders shut

Embrace of neo-Sakoku is a recipe for becoming a provincial sideshow

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Passengers wait in line before moving onto their temporary housing for quarantine as they come out of an arrival gate for international flights at the Narita International Airport in December 2021: Japan has been on the harder side. © AP

Robert Dujarric is co-director, Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies, Temple University Japan.

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