Kishida says U.S. troops in Japan to limit movements on COVID

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Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi review an honor guard at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Asaka in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP)

Isabel Reynolds | Bloomberg

Japanese and U.S. government officials have agreed that U.S. forces stationed in Japan won’t leave their bases unless essential in an effort to stem the spread of Covid-19 cases in the Asian nation, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Sunday.

Kishida was speaking on public broadcaster NHK. He said that the details of the agreement were still being worked out.

The U.S. recently sought to reassure Japan it’s working to protect public health after Tokyo called for restrictions on American troops stationed in the country amid record Covid-19 outbreaks in some areas, which may have stemmed in part from U.S. bases.

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