Japan to Ease Off Its Covid Curbs With Care, Top Spokesman Says
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Japan will lift its virus restrictions gradually, in a process that will require the cooperation of businesses and the understanding of the public, the government’s top spokesman said.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, in an interview with Bloomberg at the prime minister’s offices in Tokyo on Tuesday, said efforts to restart the economy would start from low-risk areas. The plans for a step-by-step approach are in contrast with the U.K. where the government lifted almost all restrictions in July on what was dubbed Freedom Day, and the U.S. where President Joe Biden had envisioned making July 4 an Independence Day from the virus.