even citizens will have in getting back to the country. we have just confirmed that the japanese government has requested all international airlines stop accepting new flight reservations. that means if they haven t booked their travel in advance, even japanese citizens may have a very difficult time getting back into the country for christmas or the new year holiday. this is new information added to a whole host of restrictions that japan has put in place as they have just identified their second case of the omicron variant. this was in a man in his 20s, tested positive in narita airport traveling from peru, which curiously hasn t reported a single new case of the new variant. apparently this traveller has tested positive along with a man from namibia who tested positive as well. japan is going to bann entry of all new arrivals, even foreign arrivals. japanese residents coming from ten southern african countries, namibia, south africa, angola,