Originally Posted by
JapanFlyerT
This is from the JAL website:
All travelers arriving from an international flight must stay at places designated by the quarantine chief (such as home) for 14 days from the day following their entry into Japan. Travelers must not use public transportation (including domestic flights) to get to their designated place of quarantine from the airport. Therefore, connections to domestic flights can be made from the 15th day after the 14 days of quarantine is completed.
Of course, flight booking systems haven't been adjusted to require a minimum connection time of 336 hours for international to domestic connections. Why do the airlines offer those itineraries if no one can book them?
At least it's possible for someone to drive to Tokyo to pick him up. It's worse if someone needs to go to Hokkaido, Okinawa-ken or some remote island if you can't take a flight, train or ferry. How do those people get home? Do they all have to spend 14 days at a hotel?