118: Japan relaxes its border restrictions w/ Kanako Takahara

Kanako Takahara, head of The Japan Times' domestic news team, joins Deep Dive to give us the details.

Read more: 

• It's official: Japan eases entry restrictions for foreign students, business travelers and other nontourists
• What you need to know about Japan's upcoming eased border restrictions 
• Japan to shorten or drop quarantine requirements for most arrivals from March 
• Japan’s entry ban leaves students and universities counting the cost
• Survey on how the travel ban has affected students

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Photo: A passenger walks the arrival hall at Tokyo's Haneda Airport | AFP