 | TOKYO -- While Shanghai is mired in a lockdown amid a COVID-19 surge, there are signs the pandemic may be easing its grip on humanity.
The Japanese government on Friday eased travel advisories for 106 nations and territories, putting them in the Level 2 category, which discourages nonessential travel.
This marks the first time the alert level was eased for the U.S. and the U.K. since March 2020, when the government strongly advised against traveling there.
The foreign ministry cited a decreasing trend in global infections and deaths as reasons for the easing.
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