Japan announced Thursday that it will increase the cap on daily arrivals from 3,500 to 5,000 starting Nov. 26 — a move aimed at further easing entry restrictions as COVID-19 cases remain low in the country.

“We’ve been allowing a total of around 3,500 people to enter the country on a daily basis, including Japanese returnees and foreign nationals re-entering the country,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said during a news conference.

“But we have reviewed our approach,” he said, adding that the government decided to ease the restrictions as the number of infections has significantly dropped and the COVID-19 situation in Japan is currently under control.