Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato has said that Japan will shorten its COVID-19 quarantine period from 14 to 10 days starting 1st of October.<br />''<br />''Currently, Japanese nationals and permanent residents must spend 14 days in quarantine, including three days in a government-designated facility, for those arriving from more than 40 high-risk countries, including Belgium, Cuba, Turkey,<br />''Russia and Uzbekistan.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #000000;">Mr Kato said, the reason for the easing of restrictions is the satisfactory progress of the vaccination campaign.</span><br />