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Japan lifts checks on Mexican tourists, eases Mexico travel advisory+
TOKYO, May 22 Kyodo -
The government on Friday lifted its suspension of visa waivers for Mexicans
wishing to enter Japan, the Foreign Ministry said, referring to a measure
introduced in late April following the outbreak of a new strain of influenza.
The government also revised its advisory for Japanese nationals wishing to
travel to Mexico, the country worst hit by the H1N1 strain of influenza A, and
for Japanese living there, the ministry said in a press release.
The government now asks Japanese nationals to take proper care when visiting
Mexico or while resident there, it said.
On April 28, the government urged Japanese nationals to postpone trips to
Mexico, where the death toll had been surging, unless necessary and urgent. It
also called on Japanese residents of the country to leave as quickly as
possible.
The new flu is not as virulent as first thought and medicines have had some
effect in curbing it in Mexico and elsewhere, although infections are rising in
Japan, Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone told reporters when asked about the
government's latest actions.
On April 28, the government suspended visa waivers for Mexicans so as to
tighten health checks on travelers from the country.
Meanwhile, the Mexican Embassy in Japan said the planned visit to Osaka by a
Mexican Navy training ship has been cancelled following a request from the city
of Osaka, where mass infections of the new flu were confirmed.
The ship, which left the port of Acapulco on Feb. 15, was originally scheduled
to stop at the Osaka port between next Monday and May 29 to celebrate the 400th
anniversary of friendship between the two countries.
The cadet training ship, however, will not abort its plan to call at three
other Japanese ports -- Yokohama, Tokyo and Onjuku in Chiba Prefecture.
In Onjuku, 317 passengers from a wrecked Mexican vessel were rescued by local
fishermen in September 1609, an event that marked the beginning of friendly
ties between Tokyo and Mexico City.
==Kyodo
The government on Friday lifted its suspension of visa waivers for Mexicans
wishing to enter Japan, the Foreign Ministry said, referring to a measure
introduced in late April following the outbreak of a new strain of influenza.
The government also revised its advisory for Japanese nationals wishing to
travel to Mexico, the country worst hit by the H1N1 strain of influenza A, and
for Japanese living there, the ministry said in a press release.
The government now asks Japanese nationals to take proper care when visiting
Mexico or while resident there, it said.
On April 28, the government urged Japanese nationals to postpone trips to
Mexico, where the death toll had been surging, unless necessary and urgent. It
also called on Japanese residents of the country to leave as quickly as
possible.
The new flu is not as virulent as first thought and medicines have had some
effect in curbing it in Mexico and elsewhere, although infections are rising in
Japan, Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone told reporters when asked about the
government's latest actions.
On April 28, the government suspended visa waivers for Mexicans so as to
tighten health checks on travelers from the country.
Meanwhile, the Mexican Embassy in Japan said the planned visit to Osaka by a
Mexican Navy training ship has been cancelled following a request from the city
of Osaka, where mass infections of the new flu were confirmed.
The ship, which left the port of Acapulco on Feb. 15, was originally scheduled
to stop at the Osaka port between next Monday and May 29 to celebrate the 400th
anniversary of friendship between the two countries.
The cadet training ship, however, will not abort its plan to call at three
other Japanese ports -- Yokohama, Tokyo and Onjuku in Chiba Prefecture.
In Onjuku, 317 passengers from a wrecked Mexican vessel were rescued by local
fishermen in September 1609, an event that marked the beginning of friendly
ties between Tokyo and Mexico City.
==Kyodo
