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Japan Premier Pledges to Relax Border Controls by Next Month
- Kishida says he’ll encourage switch to investment from savings
- Border easing would be welcomed by hospitality industry
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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he would loosen Japan’s virus-related border controls in line with other wealthy democracies next month, as he sought to boost consumer spending to fight an economic slowdown.
Kishida credited the border controls with helping the country weather the pandemic relatively well, even as he announced their relaxation Thursday in a speech in the City of London. The premier told an audience at Guildhall that Japan would be as accessible as other Group of Seven countries by next month, when leaders of the bloc are due to meet in Germany.