

Making an receiving calls from anywhere with internet just works. With wifi connection, my tablet can be a phone using SIP VoIP that connects to my paid VoIP service. After that failed due to MSFT taking over Skype, I switched to 100% VoIP using stun + SIP. Had it setup to replace my home phone connection for a few months. Think the last time I used skype was about 2011. Handy for passports with RFID chips too.īTW, phones are still very useful with just GPS and wifi enabled. If you are truly paranoid (I am), then for US$10, an RF blocking cell phone pouch can be bought off amazon which has 3 layers of Kevlar and blocks all RF signals in and out. It saves battery and disables cell, cell-data, wifi, and BT RF signals. Use airplane mode with the phone most of the time. That last app probably sends location validation requests randomly to ensure we don't do. Why no mention of lesser quarantine periods for vaccinated people? That's because the vaccine protects me from you, not you from me.Īs for privacy, we are supposed to be in a hotel room for 14 days, so it isn't like we can hide. 14 day quarantine for everyone seems excessive, but until at least 70% of Japanese are vaccinated, I can understand why. When we arrive in another country, we agree to be a good citizen for the period of our stay. If you don’t have a smartphone, or are using an outdated model that can’t run the apps? You’ll be required to rent a phone that can from the airport, and pay for it out of your own pocket. Many are losing their jobs or having a reduced work schedule įreedoms are on thin ice (since when it is the government or our employers business as to where someone goes or what someone does on their leisure time?!!!!!!!!) (since when is it okay to be hostile to someone for questioning anything or disagreeing?!!!!!!!!) -3Īmazing how many posters didn't bother to read the fine article. Many are losing their businesses (for instance it is sad that landmark video arcade in Akihabara is out of business) This is terrible the majority do not realize the consequences of this situation and what is being taken away. We should not have to feel lucky to have a job or those other things. This whole situation has caused the above factors. Money Making Scheme ( various world governments, corporations and pharmaceutical companies must be making a fortune from these vaccines). Getting everyone comfortable with draconian measuresĮ. It is more obvious day by day that this “COVID-19/CORONAVIRUS”is a fraud/hoax that was orchestrated by various world governments, corporations and pharmaceutical companies including but not limited to the following reasons:Ĭ. What if someone wants to visit Japan for there week vacation in 2021? I guess they cannot?.?.? I hope this is temporary and not permanent. Only three COVID-19 infected people registered on Japan’s contact tracing app after a month Comiket returns! Japan’s largest otaku convention announced for 2021 with new admission policies Some of Japan’s COVID-19 contact tracing apps haven’t been working since last September

The requirement is expected to be expanded to entrants in Japan via other airports in the near future. Failure to do so can result in public publishing of the violator’s name and, in the case of foreign nationals, deportation, including the revocation of residence status for foreigners living in Japan on work or study visas.

In addition to showing that the apps are installed and running, inbound travelers will also be required to sign a written pledge to comply with the protocols. So what if you don’t have a smartphone, or are using an outdated model that can’t run the apps? You’ll be required to rent a phone that can from the airport, and pay for it out of your own pocket. The combined apps are to be used in confirming compliance with the 14 days of self-quarantine that inbound travelers are required to complete before moving about the general population. The three apps are the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s COCOA COVID-19 contact tracing app, Skype, and OSSMA, a location confirmation app. Enacted by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the regulation affects all classes of inbound travelers (Japanese citizens, foreign residents of Japan, and temporary business/tourism travelers).Īs of March 18, inbound travelers are required to install three apps on their smartphones before leaving the airport. This week a new policy went into effect for travelers entering Japan through Haneda and Narita airports, the two major international air hubs for the Tokyo area.
