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Japan's tougher Covid-19 border controls boost support for PM, poll shows

Japan took some of the world's strictest steps on Nov. 29 by closing its borders to new foreign entrants for about a month

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives at the prime minister's official residence after he and his ministers attended the attestation ceremony of his cabinet at the Imperial Palace Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. (Photo: AP)
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida

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Japanese voters' support for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ticked up after his government enforced tighter border controls against the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the Yomiuri Shimbun daily said on Monday.

Japan took some of the world's strictest steps on Nov. 29 by closing its borders to new foreign entrants for about a month. A day later, it discovered its first Omicron infection in a Namibian diplomat who had arrived on Nov. 28.

Support for Kishida's government was 62%, up from 56% a month ago, the Yomiuri poll showed, with 89% of respondents taking a positive view of the latest measures.

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Topics : Japan