Japan lifted its entry ban on foreign nationals on Tuesday and raised the maximum daily number of entrants to 5,000, but foreign tourists will still be barred from entering the country. 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. The Immigration Services Agency of Japan claimed that more than 400,000 people eligible for visas had been denied entry into the country as of Jan. 4. Of those, about 152,900 are students pursuing study in Japan, Kyodo News reported. Business groups and student representatives had previously called on the government to lift the entry ban on foreign nationals, saying that such restrictions harmed efforts to revive the economy and prevented international students from studying in Japan. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Monday that …