入国上限１万人に引き上げ　１０日から、留学生来日加速―政府

　松野博一官房長官は１日の記者会見で、新型コロナウイルスの流入を抑制するための水際対策を緩和し、現在７０００人程度としている１日当たりの入国・帰国者総数の上限を１０日から１万人程度に引き上げると発表した。これにより、留学生や技能実習生の来日を加速したい考えだ。
　松野長官は引き上げの理由について「日本人の帰国需要や留学生など外国人の入国ニーズに適切に対応する」と説明。「今後とも段階的に国際的な人の往来を増やしていきたい」と語った。（2022/04/01-18:27）

Japan will raise the daily cap on the number of people allowed to enter the country to around 10,000 from the current 7,000 on April 10, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said Friday.
   Japan is further easing its COVID-19 border controls to open the gate wider for foreigners who wish to study or work as technical trainees in the country.
   "We'll respond appropriately to the needs of Japanese to return home and the needs of foreigners including international students to enter Japan," Matsuno said at a press conference.
   "We hope to be increasing international flows of people in stages," the top government spokesman said.
   Meanwhile, Japan is seeing signs of a coronavirus infection resurgence, with the BA.2 subvariant replacing the original omicron variant as the dominant form of the virus.