U.S. Forces Japan says it has decided to extend COVID-19 restrictions on its personnel s activities outside bases in Japan by one week through the end of January.
All of the U.S. forces in Japan had exempted their personnel from testing for novel coronavirus infections upon departure from the United States since Sept. 3 in line with U.S. policy, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi says.
U.S. forces in Japan did not test their personnel for novel coronavirus infections upon their departure from the United States, a move going against Tokyo s request to follow its border control measures, the Japanese government says.