ILEA000194133: Japan after lifting of coronavirus state-of-emergency

Day after Japan expands coronavirus emergency to 7 more prefectures

A "takoyaki" octopus dumplings restaurant remains closed in Osaka on Jan. 14, 2021, a day after Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency in seven additional prefectures, including Osaka, amid the continued spread of the novel coronavirus. A sign posted on the restaurant's shutter reads closed indefinitely since Jan. 12 in response to the Osaka prefectural government's stay-at-home request to people amid the virus pandemic.

Pub, restaurant Lokalka near railway station Breclav

Czechia moved to tougher 4th epidemic risk level today, restaurants and hotels closed again. Pictured closed restaurant in Breclav, Czech Republic, December 18, 2020. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Pub, restaurant Lokalka near railway station Breclav

Czechia moved to tougher 4th epidemic risk level today, restaurants and hotels closed again. Pictured closed restaurant in Breclav, Czech Republic, December 18, 2020. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

TEMPORARILY CLOSED DUE TO GOVERNMENT MEASURES banner

The banner bearing writing TEMPORARILY CLOSED DUE TO GOVERNMENT MEASURES in front of Obcanska Plovarna (Peopleｴs Baths), public bath on the left bank of Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic, on October 19, 2020. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

Japan's 2nd qtr GDP shrinks at record 27.8% amid virus pandemic

Photo taken in April 2020 shows a Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo's Nihombashi area that closed amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Japan's economy in the April-June quarter shrank an annualized real 27.8 percent from the previous quarter, the sharpest contraction on record, as economic activity was restricted under a state of emergency during the virus outbreak.

Universal Studios Japan accepts visitors across nation

People pose for a photo at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka on July 20, 2020, when the theme park resumed accepting visitors from across Japan. The park reopened in early June by limiting guests to yearly pass holders and those living nearby after a three month coronavirus-necessitated closure and has been gradually easing such location-based entry restrictions.

Tokyo Governor's extraordinary press conference on raising the alert level of the new corona to the "highest level

On April 15, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike requested the cooperation of Tokyo residents and businesses in accordance with the Act on Special Measures against the New Coronavirus, after an expert panel raised the status of the new coronavirus infection in Tokyo to the most serious of four evaluation levels. Governor Koike said, "The metropolitan government is in a state of 'infection spread alert,'" and called on people to refrain from going out of the city and avoid using stores in downtown areas at night without adequate infection control measures. I hope (the government) will carefully reconsider the timing and method of implementation. (Photo: Governor Koike at a press conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office in Shinjuku, Tokyo on July 15, 2020; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Tokyo Governor's extraordinary press conference on raising the alert level of the new corona to the "highest level

On April 15, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike requested the cooperation of Tokyo residents and businesses in accordance with the Act on Special Measures against the New Coronavirus, after an expert panel raised the status of the new coronavirus infection in Tokyo to the most serious of four evaluation levels. Governor Koike said, "The metropolitan government is in a state of 'infection spread alert,'" and called on people to refrain from going out of the city and avoid using stores in downtown areas at night without adequate infection control measures. As for the government's "GoTo Travel" tourism promotion plan, which is scheduled to be launched on March 22, he said, "In light of the current infection situation, I hope (the government) will carefully reconsider the timing and method of implementation. (Photo: Governor Koike at a press conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office in Shinjuku, Tokyo on July 15, 2020; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Large umbrella to enable users to keep social distancing

Photo taken in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 24, 2020, shows a large umbrella developed by a local umbrella maker. The umbrella, 130 centimeters in diameter and about 30 centimeters longer than a regular-size umbrella, is meant to enable users to observe social distancing to prevent coronavirus infection.

Japanese restaurants in New York

Photo taken June 20, 2020, shows a Japanese restaurant in New York's Manhattan. Japanese restaurants in New York, including sushi and yakitori grilled-beef restaurants, are reeling as they had been forced to suspend business until recently under a lockdown imposed amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan after lifting of coronavirus state-of-emergency

Photo taken on June 1, 2020, shows fewer guests than usual seen at restaurant balconies above the Kamo River, a famous tourist spot in Kyoto, amid lingering concern over coronavirus infection. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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