Japan’s PM Kishida announces new border measures for China, effective from Dec 30 midnight

Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday, Japan will require travelers from China to quarantine for seven days if they test positive for COVID-19.

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“Will place limits on airlines’ requests to increase China flights.”

“New border measures for China to take effect at midnight on December 30.”

Market reaction

USD/JPY pays little heed to the above headlines, trading listlessly at around 132.80, at the time of writing.