DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 
🇯🇵Japan: "JN.1 may be about twice as infectious as the BA.2.86 (Pirola) omicron subvariant"
"The new variant's immune escape ability is 3.6 to 4.5 times that of the pirola strain, for antibodies created in the body following vaccination."
Source: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240110/p2a/00m/0na/013000c
