Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday he would loosen Japan’s virus-related border controls in line with other wealthy democracies next month, as he sought to boost consumer spending to fight an economic slowdown.
Kishida credited the border controls with helping the country weather the pandemic relatively well, even as he announced their relaxation on Thursday in a speech in the City of London. The premier told an audience at Guildhall that Japan would be…
