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Last updated on 2022/01/14 at 01:46 (GMT+9) 18 673 new cases today 13 057 new cases yesterday The Japanese government will further extend an entry ban on non-resident foreigners until the end of February, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says. Tokyo confirmed on Jan. 12 2,198 new daily coronavirus cases, the largest number of new infections in over four months, as the sixth wave of the pandemic spurred by the Omicron variant continues to spread. Japan's COVID-19 border restrictions appear to have prompted more than 300 people to decline offers for foreign language teacher and assistant positions in Japan, leading to a fall in the number of such instructors in the country, according to a Kyodo News survey. Kishida put three prefectures — Okinawa, Hiroshima and Yamaguchi — under quasi-emergency measures, but not all in his administration were on board with the decision. More articles When wil...

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