
Japan foreign minister asks US to restrict troop movement around bases over Covid worry
India Today
Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi urged US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to consider restricting American troop movement in the country after a surge in Covid cases on bases and surrounding communities
Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi urged his US counterpart Thursday to consider restricting American troop movement in the country after a surge in Covid cases on bases and surrounding communities.
The request to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken comes as virus cases surge in Okinawa, which hosts most of the US forces in Japan and is now seeing a rise in community infections.

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