Japan will raise the daily limit of arrivals from overseas from the current 5,000 to 7,000 from March 14 onwards, further relaxing the COVID-19 border measures with foreign students given priority, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday. Kishida said that the government will launch a new scheme that will allow 1,000 foreign students to enter Japan on weekdays, as he acknowledged that many overseas students are concerned about the entry restrictions ahead of the start of school in April. “We will help students come to Japan by giving them [use of] vacant seats, especially on weekdays when there are not many business travelers,” he was quoted saying by local media Kyodo News. 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 …