China News Service, June 19, according to Kyodo News, the Japanese government held a meeting of the new coronavirus countermeasures headquarters on the 18th and decided to lift the requirement to avoid movement across prefectures from 19th. At the same time, the maximum number of people holding events is also relaxed to 1,000 people, and professional sports events are allowed to be held without spectators. How to balance the expansion of economic activities and epidemic prevention will become a future issue. The Japanese government strives to suppress the second wave of epidemic by strengthening cooperation with various industry groups.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pointed out at the meeting that after the declaration of the emergency situation across Japan was lifted, "only new infections have appeared in some areas, and it is currently in a situation that can be effectively addressed." He also stated that consultations with countries that have stabilized the epidemic will be initiated to resume exchanges.
After this unbundling, all prefectures including the four metropolitan areas (Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa) and Hokkaido, which were released later than the declaration of emergency, are free to travel. In other regions where the number of infections is small, the requirement to avoid movement has been lifted first. The revitalization of cross-county tourism will also be approved and will be gradually promoted.
Regarding concerts and other events, the upper limit of 100 people indoors and 200 people outdoors has been relaxed to 1,000 people. The conditions are that the number of people in the room is controlled within 50% of the specified number of people, and outdoor people need to maintain a sufficient distance between people.
Professional sports events are also allowed to be held without spectators, and Japanese professional baseball will open on the 19th. Regional events have also abolished the unified number of people and can be held on the basis of managing the number of participants.
The catering industry accompanied by escort services such as nightclubs where cluster cases occurred, and Live House's suspension of business requirements were also lifted.
In fact, each prefecture has made a separate judgment based on the local infection situation, and the Japanese central government has taken this to show that it is allowed to restart based on the premise of thoroughly adopting anti-epidemic measures.