The U.S. State Department is urging Americans not to travel to Japan in a sign of mounting concern about the coronavirus situation in the country.
It raised its travel advisory for Japan on Monday by one notch to the highest level.
The move reflects the latest update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC says even those who are fully vaccinated may be at risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19 variants in the country.
Japan joins around 150 countries and territories that are subject to U.S. State Department "do not travel" advisories.
Some international media are calling the move a fresh blow to a country struggling to convince its own public and the world that it's ready to host the Summer Olympics.
They're scheduled to get underway in less than two months.
It raised its travel advisory for Japan on Monday by one notch to the highest level.
The move reflects the latest update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC says even those who are fully vaccinated may be at risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19 variants in the country.
Japan joins around 150 countries and territories that are subject to U.S. State Department "do not travel" advisories.
Some international media are calling the move a fresh blow to a country struggling to convince its own public and the world that it's ready to host the Summer Olympics.
They're scheduled to get underway in less than two months.
◆mounting （高まる、増大する ）準備段階、前段階 the period of time just before an important event
◆notch （段階 ）抗議 an angry protest by a lot of ordinary people
◆variant（変化したもの、変異 ）準備段階、前段階 the period of time just before an important event
◆ blow （打撃） an angry protest by a lot of ordinary people
◆ get underway （始まる、開幕する ） an angry protest by a lot of ordinary people