Japan will ease its entry restrictions for non-tourist arrivals and increase the daily entry cap in March, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Thursday, amid calls from business groups and student representatives for “a science-based entry policy.” The Japanese government has been suspending new arrivals of foreign visitors since Nov. 30, 2021, to contain the spread of the Omicron variant, adopting the strictest border control measures among the Group of Seven developed economies nations. Kishida said that the government has decided to gradually relax entry restrictions, adding that it would be “unrealistic to ease the measures all at once,” local media Kyodo News reported. “We will continue to consider how the measures should be by taking into account the infection situations at home and abroad, border control measures taken by other nations, and progress in the rollout of vaccine boosters (in Japan),” he told reporters. Japan will reopen its borders to non-tourist arrivals, including …