When will you resume school? Summary of situation by prefecture New Corona 18:28 on May 18th
A public school has been closed for a long time due to the new coronavirus, but the movement toward reopening is spreading now. As of the 18th, the situation of the whole country was summarized by NHK, and it is 10 prefectures in Japan that have already reopened public elementary and junior high schools and high schools.
▽ Resumed already (10 prefectures)
Aomori prefecture, Iwate prefecture, Akita prefecture, Yamagata prefecture, Tottori prefecture, Saga prefecture, Nagasaki prefecture, Kumamoto prefecture, Oita prefecture, Kagoshima prefecture.
▽ Resuming this month (14 prefectures)
Tochigi prefecture, Niigata prefecture, Toyama prefecture, Yamanashi prefecture, Nagano prefecture, Shizuoka prefecture, Shimane prefecture, Yamaguchi prefecture, Tokushima prefecture, Ehime prefecture, Kochi prefecture, Fukuoka prefecture, Miyazaki prefecture, Okinawa prefecture Prefecture.
Some of these areas include elementary and junior high schools that are closed.
The prefectures that will restart next month
▽ Full-scale resumption will begin on the 1st of next month (23 prefectures)
Hokkaido, Miyagi prefecture, Fukushima prefecture, Ibaraki prefecture, Gunma prefecture, Saitama prefecture, Chiba prefecture, Tokyo Metropolitan area, Kanagawa prefecture, Ishikawa prefecture, Fukui prefecture, Gifu prefecture, Aichi prefecture, Mie prefecture, Shiga prefecture, Kyoto prefecture, Osaka prefecture, Hyogo prefecture, Nara prefecture, Wakayama prefecture, Okayama prefecture, Hiroshima prefecture, Kagawa prefecture.
Some of these include decentralized school attendance.
However, even in these areas, the resumption schedule may change or response may be divided within the area due to cancellation of the emergency declaration and changes in the infection status.