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It's not a hard lockdown, but it will run until February 7, with bars, restaurants and more to close by 8pm. A 'limited' state of emergency for Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba prefectures is under consideration. JR East, Tokyo Metro and other major train companies are asked to cancel all-night services on December 31 The decision, which affects Osaka and Kyoto, is due to a surge in Covid cases and a shortage of hospital beds. This is a special bus service for international travellers arriving in Japan under Covid restrictions.
This is the first time the city has raised its medical preparedness alert to the highest of its four levels. This comes as the coronavirus expert panel urges the government to take solid measures to curb the spread of Covid Starting this month, some cars on selected airport trains may be designated for travellers arriving from abroad.
Visitors will be required to register and provide updates on their health during their first two weeks in Japan. The government could allow overseas visitors within the first few months of The next three weeks are crucial to see if Japan can get the coronavirus under control.
Restaurants, bars and karaoke parlors will be asked to close at 10pm from November 28 to December Sapporo and Osaka will be the first to be taken off the travel subsidy programme. The capital is now officially on stage four alert. New rules for businesses or individuals may be coming. The day projections in English and Japanese include coronavirus case numbers and deaths by prefecture. The short answer is no — but there will be requests for self-restraint directed at businesses in the city and residents.
The new testing centre will enable departing travellers to get tested and obtain a certificate for negative test result. Don't panic — here's what you need to know about the global outbreak if you're visiting Tokyo. Everything you need to know about protecting yourself now that social restrictions have eased and Tokyo has begun to reopen.
About us. Live updates. Things to do City Life. Read more. What to do and where to go to receive your free coronavirus vaccine. This is of particular importance to the government as they have put in place a law to treat for free any potential health problems coronavirus vaccines cause. Japan has also announced a long-term plan to develop its own vaccines NHK World. What an Olympics! What a Paralympics! World records a-plenty, amazing first time sports like skateboarding and surfing , and very low cases of athletes testing positive.
Against all the odds Japan hosted a memorable games. It is a real shame very few people were there to witness it in person, but Japan delivered and did so very impressively.
Despite largely empty arenas and unimaginably complex logistics to keep athletes and the support team safe, the Olympics and Paralympics were a huge success. Yomiuri Shimbun. For more on the updates to the playbook, visit the Tokyo Olympics Playbook website. Compared to the strict restrictions seen across many countries in and into , Japan has gotten by with minimal restrictions on day-to-day life. The Japanese constitution prevents the government from enforcing a hard lockdown, which would be considered an infringement on personal freedoms.
This meant that restrictions on movement and working hours could be suggested, but not be enforced. Since new laws were passed in February , local governments now have the power to impose its own restrictions to localised areas. As of September 28, the state of emergency was lifted across Japan and very few restrictions on day-to-day life remain.
Tokyo, for instance, has seen the highest numbers and stricter guidelines, while rural preferences such as Iwate have seen almost no cases and very few restrictions. As in most of the world, there have also been some small but noticeable changes to daily life. The majority of establishments now have dedicated entrances and exits with alcohol sanitisers, and most will also check your temperature as you enter.
Though shrines and temples have remained open throughout the pandemic, major tourist sites have been noticeably quieter across the board. Restaurants have seen near-normal numbers of visitors though with restrictions in certain areas.
People are still commuting to work on public transport despite some efforts to normalise working from home, and businesses are generally operating normal hours.
Due to the huge number of variables, it is notoriously difficult to draw conclusions about different national responses to the pandemic. The bottom line is this: take everything you hear with a big pinch of salt. With that said, here are the official statistics: Japan has seen over , cases of Covid since the pandemic began, and over 14, people have died following a positive test result.
A better way to put it in perspective is to look at the daily cases and deaths per million. This can be more revealing than just looking at deaths from Covid, since it takes a more holistic view of the effects of the pandemic on mortality. By contrast, countries such as South Korea, Iceland, Denmark and Norway saw reductions in excess deaths of up to Though Japan was not included in this study, Japan Times has reported that it, too, saw a net decrease in excess deaths between January and August compared with the previous two years.
What is most striking from these above statistics are the all-round low numbers. Confirmed cases, deaths, active cases and numbers tested are still low in Japan compared with other hotspots around the world.
So why is this? Numerous theories have been provided so far. These range from the more reasonable — access to universal healthcare Forbes , early and effective communication to avoid closed, crowded spaces with close contact, and cultural norms of mask-wearing Japan Times — to the more far-fetched.
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