Japan and Singapore agreed Thursday to ease travel restrictions implemented in response to the coronavirus pandemic from September, targeting businesspeople and expatriates, on condition they take measures to prevent infections.
"We will just need to confirm small details before the resumption of reciprocal visits," Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters online after reaching the agreement with his Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan at their meeting in the Southeast Asian country.
They also discussed tensions surrounding Hong Kong. "Japan is deepening its grave concern about the recent situation in Hong Kong," said Motegi, citing the arrests this week of pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow, media boss Jimmy Lai and eight others under a new national security law.