Japan’s household spending fell 2.3 percent in March compared with the previous year.

Japan’s household spending fell 2.3 percent in March compared with the previous year.
Japan is increasingly an outlier in a region that is lifting border restrictions and reviving quarantine-free travel.
Japan’s strict border controls have locked out foreign academics and challenged the country’s soft power push.
Tokyo’s strict border controls to keep Omicron out are throwing travel plans into disarray.