Japan plans to raise the daily limit of people allowed to enter the country to around 7,000 from the current 5,000, government sources said Wednesday.
Foreign nationals planning to attend schools in Japan will be accepted regardless of the limit, as many students are waiting to enter the country ahead of the April start of the school year, according to the sources.
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