Japan suspends reservations on incoming flights to halt spread of Covid variant

Japan has suspended new reservations on all incoming flights for a month to guard against new virus variant (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan has asked international airlines to stop taking new reservations for all flights arriving in Japan until the end of December as the country further tightens its border controls against a new coronavirus variant, the transportation ministry said on Wednesday.

It said the request is an emergency precaution amid growing concern over the spread of the new Omicron variant.