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| SvennoJ said: And as usual that would be too late anyway. Any idea what's going on in Japan @haxxiy, still going up there and they now reached their highest daily death count since the pandemic started, with far less cases than the last peak. (Which could just be less testing) Is it getting fueled on by Chinese tourists or something else? Japan logs 415 Covid deaths, highest-ever single day count In China, the recent Covid-19 surge has emerged as a ‘source of concern’ for other countries to remain vigilant and step up preparations against the coronavirus infection. With several countries imposing Covid prevention measures for travelers from China, India has also started random testing of international passengers from December 24. According to an order by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, airlines are required to direct their crew members to lead and bring identified 2% of international passengers to the testing facility at the airport. India has mandated a Covid-19 negative test report for travelers arriving from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand. Some hospitals and funeral homes in China have been overwhelmed as the virus spreads largely unchecked across the country of 1.4 billion people. China said on Monday it would stop requiring inbound travelers to go into quarantine starting from January 8 in a major step towards easing curbs on its borders, which have been largely shut since 2020. |
Despite what people might tell you, or how much Japanese people might hate it. Japan's closest business partner is China by far. China is the number one consumer of Japanese products. While Japan is #3 consumer of Chinese products. In 2020 China had a negative trade balance with Japan.
Chinese citizens still can't go anywhere for tourism until January, so all movement from Chinese citizens are business related.
Either way Japan was relatively unscathed from the initial waves of Covid-19 while the rest of the world suffered greatly. So I think similar to China, Japan is now suffering a little bit more in comparison.
