Japan has requested travellers from China to provide negative results from a PCR test taken within 72 hours of departure. Photo: Kyodo
Japan has requested travellers from China to provide negative results from a PCR test taken within 72 hours of departure. Photo: Kyodo

China shelves port visas and visa-free transit for Japanese and South Koreans

  • A day after suspending regular visa applications for travellers from the two countries, Beijing imposes more retaliatory restrictions
  • Tokyo says latest limits on travellers are ‘political’, asks Beijing to withdraw the measures

Japan has requested travellers from China to provide negative results from a PCR test taken within 72 hours of departure. Photo: Kyodo
Japan has requested travellers from China to provide negative results from a PCR test taken within 72 hours of departure. Photo: Kyodo
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