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107: Chaos at Japan's borders w/ Rochelle Kopp
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Japan Times contributor and cross-cultural communications consultant Rochelle Kopp joins to discuss the changes at Japan's border and how they are affecting the people who hope to call Japan home.
Read more:
- Japan to bar all new foreign visitors as omicron fears grow (Ryusei Takahashi)
- Scores hoping to enter Japan in limbo — again — after latest entry ban (Jesse Johnson and Ryusei Takahashi)
- Omicron is the price we pay for vaccine inequality (Brad Glosserman)
- Japan confirms first case of omicron coronavirus variant (Ryusei Takahashi)
- Japan to ban all foreign travelers from 10 African countries amid omicron outbreak (Ryusei Takahashi)
- Japan tells airlines to halt inbound flight bookings over omicron fears (Ryusei Takahashi)
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Oscar Boyd: Twitter | Articles | Instagram
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Photo: A notice about COVID-19 safety measures pictured next to closed doors at a departure hall of Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture on Tuesday. | REUTERS
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