孟令星：中国政法大学商学院讲师、MBA教育中心招生部主任、执业律师、清华大学商法学博士、中国人民大学经济法学博士后、美国哈佛大学进修学者。

Entry of foreigners suspended

全面暂停外国人入境

[重点词汇]

metropolitan: 大都市的(adj.)

arrival: 到达者(n.)

entrant: 进入者(n.)

Japan will suspend the entry of all nonresident foreign nationals into the country as part of its efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday. It is expected to last until Feb 7, the last day of an ongoing state of emergency in the Tokyo metropolitan area and some other parts of Japan. Japan halted all new arrivals of non-nationals last month after new strains of the coronavirus that are believed to be highly transmissible were confirmed in the UK and elsewhere. But it continued to allow entry by businesspeople from 11 Asian countries and regions. The government plans to suspend the entry of travelers, regardless of whether a coronavirus variant has been detected in their country, as part of its tighter entry restrictions following the declaration of a state of emergency. No foreigners will be allowed to enter Japan, except for special reasons, such as a relative's funeral or childbirth. The government last Friday announced that during the state of emergency all entrants, including Japanese, would be required to submit proof of a negative coronavirus test within 72 hours of departure.

日本首相菅义伟于1月13日宣布，日本目前在首都圈及其他地区发布的紧急事态将一直持续至2月7日，在这期间，为遏制新冠病毒传播，日本将全面暂停外国人入境。上个月，在英国等地确认发现被认为具有高度传染性的变异新冠病毒后，日本暂停了所有非日本公民的新入境。但来自11个亚洲国家和地区的商务人士可以在一定情况下进入日本。作为宣布紧急事态后收紧入境限制的一项措施，日本政府计划暂停所有外国旅客入境，无论其所在国是否检测到变异新冠病毒，亲属葬礼或分娩等特殊原因除外。日本政府1月8日宣布，在紧急事态期间，包括日本公民在内的所有入境者，均需提供72小时内核酸检测阴性证明。