Japan's COVID test bureaucracy leaves returning citizens stranded

Stringent formats for proof of negative tests create extra burden

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Passengers of a chartered ANA flight from Indonesia disembark at Narita Airport near Tokyo. © Kyodo

MOMOKO KIDERA and KOYA JIBIKI, Nikkei staff writers

ISTANBUL/JAKARTA -- "You cannot board the plane with this certificate," the airline personnel told her. A Japanese woman who got married in Turkey was stunned to learn at a regional airport that she could not take a flight back to Japan.

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