NNA - Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has asked domestic and foreign airlines to suspend new bookings for all international flights arriving in Japan to strengthen its watertight measures against the omicron variant of COVID-19. For the time being, the suspension applies to bookings made through the end of December.  The ministry says the emergency measure aims to stop the spread of infection until the the situation regarding omicron is known. International flights departing from Japan will not be affected.

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