Originally Posted by
yann
It does, thanks. I was hoping that "the spouse of a Japanese national or Japanese child who does not have these statuses of residence" would be allowed to enter Japan (under these "relaxed" conditions) after Sept 1st, but this only seems to apply to re-entry (for residents).
Indeed, I think 5khours was correct and unfortunately such status doesn’t seem to allow easy departure and re-entry like you and I both were hoping...