入国緩和、ビジネス優先　夏以降に米国・アジアなど―政府

　新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大に伴う緊急事態宣言の全面解除を受け、政府は外国からの入国制限を今夏以降、段階的に緩和する方向で検討に入った。当面はビジネス客や専門家を優先。対象国・地域については、米国やアジアなどを想定している。複数の政府関係者が２７日、明らかにした。
　政府がまず、ビジネス客などの制限緩和を目指すのは、新型コロナの影響で落ち込んだ日本経済の立て直しを図りたいからだ。一方、国内の感染再拡大を警戒し、移動機会の多い観光客などについては慎重に対応する。（2020/05/27-22:17）

Japan's government plans to prioritize businesspeople and experts in easing its entry restrictions related to the novel coronavirus pandemic, it was learned Wednesday.
   The government has started considering easing the curbs in stages from this summer, first for people from such regions as the United States and Asia, after it fully lifted its state of emergency over the virus crisis on Monday, government sources said.
   It hopes to accept businesspeople first as it aims to revitalize the domestic economy hurt by the fallout of the epidemic as early as possible.
   Meanwhile, the government will carefully consider relaxing the restrictions for tourists, who tend to travel in wide areas, in order to prevent the virus from spreading again in Japan, the sources said.
   "We will ease the entry restrictions for people necessary for business operations, as well as experts, in the first stage, and then for foreign students," Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told a meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, on Tuesday.