TOKYO&nbsp;- Japan will end Covid-19 border control measures specifically targeting visitors from China, effective on Saturday at midnight local time, chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a news conference on Friday (April 28).

Passengers on direct flights from China to Japan were previously subject to random testing on their arrival, a measure Japan put in place after coronavirus cases surged in China early this year.

Matsuno, Japan's top government spokesperson, also officially announced the end of all border control measures for travellers entering Japan on Saturday at midnight.&nbsp;

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Visitors wearing protective face masks walk under decorations for the New Year at Nakamise street leading to Senso-ji temple at Asakusa district, a popular sightseeing spot, amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan 9, 2023. 

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TOKYO - Japan will end Covid-19 border control measures specifically targeting visitors from China, effective on Saturday at midnight local time, chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a news conference on Friday (April 28). Passengers on direct flights from China to Japan were previously subject to random testing on their arrival, a measure Japan put in place after coronavirus cases...

Japan to end Covid random-testing of passengers from China