107: Chaos at Japan's borders w/ Rochelle Kopp

Japan Times contributor and cross-cultural communications consultant Rochelle Kopp joins to discuss the changes at Japan's border and how they are affecting the people who hope to call Japan home.

Read more:

• Japan to bar all new foreign visitors as omicron fears grow • (Ryusei Takahashi)

• Scores hoping to enter Japan in limbo — again — after latest entry ban • (Jesse Johnson and Ryusei Takahashi)

• Omicron is the price we pay for vaccine inequality • (Brad Glosserman)

• Japan confirms first case of omicron coronavirus variant • (Ryusei Takahashi)

• Japan to ban all foreign travelers from 10 African countries amid omicron outbreak • (Ryusei Takahashi)

• Japan tells airlines to halt inbound flight bookings over omicron fears • (Ryusei Takahashi)

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Rochelle Kopp: Website | Twitter

Oscar Boyd: Twitter | Articles | Instagram

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Photo: A notice about COVID-19 safety measures pictured next to closed doors at a departure hall of Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture on Tuesday. | REUTERS