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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Japanese in 60 countries unable to return to Japan

A congested line forms in front of the quarantine station at Haneda Airport in Ota Ward, Tokyo, on April 3. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Friday at the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs that about 3,300 Japanese nationals in more than 60 countries are unable to return to Japan because international flights have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Of them, about 400 have yet to decide how to get home.

"I want to facilitate their return as soon as possible," Motegi said. He also indicated that there would be coordination with other nations imminently to arrange chartered flights for this purpose.

Read more from The Japan News at https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/

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