tokyo and he tested positive at narita international airport in tokyo upon his arrival on sunday. starting on tuesday, japan sealed its borders to all noncitizens, to foreigners, including international students, includes people wanting to visit family, friends, and relatives in japan. this is a very strict measure that other countries like israel and morocco have implemented as well. the ban will run for at least one month. inside japan, it is generally welcomed by the public. japan is not taking any chances here with its current prime minister, fumio kishida, saying this is an emergency precaution to prevent, in his words, a worst-case scenario. listen to this from the prime minister. translator: we will ban all new entries of foreign nationals from all over the world as of november 30th. prime minister kishida wants to avoid the sort of political fallout and criticism that brought about the fall and the
certain level. now, there is a major fire at the cosmo oil refinery east of tokyo and it is still ablaze and there s a fire reported at a nearby steel plant as well. toyota stopped output at its parts factory, two assembly plants in the northeast shut down. mitsubishi chemical halted operation at two plants because of a power outage. sony has closed six factories. the power has been cut to four million homes in and around tokyo. a major expressway serving northern japan has been badly damaged. bullet trains to the north of the country have been stopped. the government is dispatching about 1,000 rescue workers to the stricken regions. the main narita international airport in tokyo has resumed some of its outbound flights. they had closed earlier and halted flights and evacuated passengers. the airport in the north