Source : “宣言”延長と追加どう変わる？暮らしは？
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緊急事態宣言やまん延防止等重点措置が複雑になってしまいましたが、英文で詳しく説明されている資料を見つけることが出来ませんでした。
この投稿は、主に私の知人に状況を説明するため、上記のNHKのオンラインの記事を機械翻訳したものです。

The declaration of a state of emergency and priority measures to prevent the spread of the disease have become complicated, but I have not been able to find any documents explaining the situation in detail in English.
This post is a machine translation of the above NHK online article, mainly to explain the situation to my acquaintances.

2021/05/09 M.Takahashi

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The government has decided to extend the deadline for the declaration of a state of emergency in the four prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo, and Kyoto from next week's 11th to this month's 31st, and to add Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures to the list from next week's 12th.

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The government has decided to extend the deadline for declaring a state of emergency in the four prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo, and Kyoto from next week's 11th to this month's 31st, and to add Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures to the list from next week's 12th.

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It was also decided to extend the deadline for the "priority measures to prevent the spread of the disease" applied to the three prefectures in the Tokyo metropolitan area until the 31st of this month, and to add Hokkaido, Gifu, and Mie prefectures to the list from the 9th, while Miyagi prefecture will be removed from the list by the deadline of the 11th of next week.

Six prefectures are subject to the declaration. Eight prefectures are subject to the priority measures.

As a result

Six prefectures, Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto, Aichi, and Fukuoka, will be included in the declaration.
The application of "priority measures" will be expanded to eight prefectures: Hokkaido, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Gifu, Mie, Ehime, and Okinawa.

The areas to be covered by the "priority measures" to be decided by the respective governors are expected to be Sapporo City in Hokkaido, 16 cities and towns in Gifu, including Gifu City and Ogaki City, and 12 cities and towns in Mie, including Yokkaichi City and Kuwana City.

According to the government's basic response policy

With the extension of the declaration of a state of emergency, the government has changed its "basic policy" for dealing with the new coronavirus, and has asked large commercial facilities that have been requested to close their doors to close to shorten their business hours.

The revised policy states that the percentage of people newly infected with the new coronavirus who are infected with the mutated virus is on the rise, and that the virus is expected to replace the conventional virus nationwide in the future. It is expected that the virus will replace conventional viruses nationwide.

Meanwhile, as measures to prevent infection

Large-scale facilities with a total floor space of more than 1,000 square meters, such as department stores, which have been requested to close in areas subject to the declaration of a state of emergency, will be asked to shorten their business hours to 8 p.m.

In addition

For events that have been requested to be held without spectators in principle, the government will request that they be held until 9:00 p.m., with the upper limit of 5,000 people and half of the capacity.

On the other hand

In addition to the existing restaurants that serve alcohol and karaoke, the government will also add restaurants that allow people to bring in their own alcohol.

Furthermore

In addition, the government will request that restaurants and bars that allow people to bring in alcohol be closed.

And

In order to reduce the number of employees coming to work by 70%, the government will request economic organizations to proactively announce the implementation of telework and other measures by businesses.

In addition to the above

In order to prevent the spread of infection in medical institutions and facilities for the elderly, the government will distribute up to 8 million simple antigen test kits to detect infected people at an early stage.

In addition

In the case of a serious shortage of nurses in prefectures where the spread of the disease has been remarkable, the government will dispatch nurses on an emergency basis upon request.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government to Continue Requesting Department Stores to Close

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government held a meeting of the task force on the new coronavirus and decided on the measures to be taken during the period of the emergency declaration, which has been extended.

Restaurants and bars that serve alcohol and karaoke facilities.
Department stores and other large facilities with a total floor space of more than 1,000 square meters will be asked to remain closed.
Restaurants and bars that do not serve alcohol or karaoke facilities will continue to be requested to shorten their business hours to 8 p.m. We will also ask them not to bring in alcohol.

Restaurants and other establishments will be given 40,000 yen to a maximum of 200,000 yen per day per establishment, depending on the size and sales volume, if they comply during the entire period.

Large-scale facilities and tenants within the facilities will also be provided with cooperation money, and the amount to be paid will be decided after coordination with the government.

In addition, the measures for events that were to be held in principle without spectators will be relaxed, and the following measures will be implemented

The event must be held until 9:00 p.m.
The number of participants should be no more than 5,000 and no more than 50% of the capacity.

In addition, we request that the citizens of Tokyo

refrain from going out and moving around unnecessarily, including during the daytime, and
In particular, we will continue to urge people to refrain from unnecessary travel across prefectures as much as possible.
We also urge people not to drink and eat on the streets because of the risk of infection.

Osaka Prefecture continues to declare a state of emergency

Osaka Prefecture held a meeting of the task force on the new coronavirus on the evening of July 7, and Governor Yoshimura said, "In light of the situation where the number of infected people remains high and medical care is in extreme shortage, we have no choice but to ask for strong countermeasures against infection without loosening the current measures under the state of emergency declaration, although this will place a burden on businesses and residents.

In light of the fact that the spread of the infection in the prefecture is still serious and that the medical system is facing the danger of collapse, he decided to continue the current measures.

Specifically, the measures include

Facilities with a total floor area of more than 1,000 square meters and used by a large number of people, except for retail stores that sell daily necessities, will be requested to remain closed.

Also.

Restaurants that serve alcohol and karaoke facilities will continue to be requested to close, and restaurants that allow people to bring in their own alcohol will be added to the list.
Restaurants that do not serve alcohol or that do not provide karaoke facilities will continue to be requested to shorten their business hours to 8 p.m.
Continue to request that events, regardless of size or location, be held without spectators.
In addition, to reduce the number of people coming to work by 70%, we request that companies announce their telework and other practices.

Hyogo asks department stores to stay closed on weekends

The Hyogo prefectural government has asked department stores and other large-scale facilities to shorten their opening hours to 7 p.m. on weekdays and to close on Saturdays and Sundays.

In response to the government's decision to extend the deadline for the declaration of a state of emergency in Hyogo and four other prefectures from the 11th of next week to the 31st of this month, Hyogo Prefecture held a meeting of its task force and decided on new measures to be applied from the 12th after the extension.

Under the new measures, the government will relax its request for closure of facilities with a total building floor area of more than 1,000 square meters, except for retail stores selling daily necessities, and shorten business hours to 7 p.m. on weekdays and continue to close on Saturdays and Sundays.

According to the government's basic policy, large facilities will be asked to reduce their business hours to 8 p.m. regardless of the day of the week, but Hyogo Prefecture said it has decided to take stricter measures in order to continue to control the flow of people on weekends and at night.

It will also continue to request restaurants and other establishments that serve liquor and karaoke facilities to close and restaurants that do not serve liquor to shorten their hours to 8 p.m.

We will also request that alcoholic beverages not be brought into restaurants.

As for events that have been requested to be held without spectators, we will request that they be held until 9:00 p.m., with the upper limit of 5,000 people and half of the capacity.

At the meeting, Gov. Ido said, "We want to come up with measures to send a strong message to the people of the prefecture that we want them to cooperate in measures to prevent the collapse of medical care.

Kyoto Prefecture urges department stores to shorten hours to 7 p.m. on weekdays

The Kyoto prefectural government held a meeting of its task force on the new coronavirus and decided on measures to be taken after the extension, including requesting department stores and other large-scale facilities to remain closed only on Saturdays and Sundays.

Kyoto Prefecture held a meeting of the task force on the new coronavirus just before 6:30 p.m. on July 7, and decided on new measures to be taken after the extension of the declaration from December 12.

Among these measures are

The measures will be eased for large-scale facilities with a total floor area of more than 1,000 square meters, such as department stores, and the prefecture will continue to request that they be closed only on Saturdays and Sundays, while requesting them to shorten their business hours to 8 p.m. on weekdays.

In addition, it will encourage them to keep their business hours until 7 p.m. on weekdays, not based on the law.

We will continue to request that restaurants that serve alcoholic beverages and karaoke facilities close their doors.

The new policy is to

Restaurants and bars that allow people to bring in their own alcohol will also be asked to close.
We will also ask restaurants that allow people to bring in their own alcohol to close.

In addition to the above

In principle, events that have been requested to be held without spectators will be requested to be held until 9:00 p.m., with the upper limit of 5,000 people and half of the capacity.

Fukuoka Prefecture Governor: "We have no choice but to accept the government's decision.

In response to the addition of the area to the declared state of emergency, Fukuoka Prefecture held a meeting of the task force and decided to ask restaurants that serve alcohol to close, and to ask other restaurants to shorten their business hours.

On the evening of the 7th, Fukuoka Prefecture held a meeting of the task force on the new coronavirus, and decided on the items to be requested to the citizens and businesses of the prefecture, in response to the addition of the area to the emergency declaration.

According to the meeting, the following requests were made

Restaurants that serve alcohol and karaoke or allow people to bring in their own alcohol will be asked to close.
Other restaurants will be asked to shorten their business hours to 8 p.m.

In addition

Department stores and other large facilities with a total floor space of more than 1,000 square meters will be asked to shorten their opening hours to 8 p.m.
The event will be held until 9:00 p.m., with the upper limit of 5,000 people and half of the capacity.

All of these will be held from the 12th of next week until the 31st of this month.

At the end of the meeting, Fukuoka Governor Hattori said, "If the government decides to declare a state of emergency from the viewpoint of preventing widespread infection, we have no choice but to accept it. The citizens and businesses of the prefecture will be asked to take strict measures in accordance with the new national policy. The situation is still very serious, with the number of newly infected people reaching a record high. Let's work together to get through this difficult situation and get out of the emergency declaration as soon as possible.

Large-scale commercial facilities request normal business hours: "It is doubtful whether this has led to a reduction in the flow of people.

In response to the government's decision to extend the state of emergency until the 31st of this month, the Japan Shopping Center Association, an organization made up of operators of shopping centers and other commercial facilities across the country, submitted a new request to the government, calling for the normal operation of large-scale commercial facilities.

According to the letter, "In the areas subject to the declaration, some shopping streets are continuing normal business activities, and it is doubtful whether the request to close large commercial facilities has led to a reduction in the overall flow of people.

The report also said that large commercial facilities have taken thorough measures against infection and that only a few employees have been infected.

In addition, when the request for closure is unavoidably continued, the report calls for an increase in the amount of cooperation money paid to commercial facilities, saying that the size of the facilities and their actual sales have not been taken into consideration.

Apparel giant "loses sales channel due to closure

At a financial results briefing held online, Nobuteru Suzuki, president of World, a major apparel company, touched on the fact that large facilities such as department stores where the company has opened stores have been asked to close their stores, saying, "It is an undeniable fact that we will lose sales channels due to the closures, and our desire to deliver products to customers as much as possible will not change. It is an undeniable fact that we lose sales channels due to the closure, and we want to deliver our products to our customers as much as possible," he said, indicating his intention to ask department stores to ease their requests for closure.

Department stores expand floor space one after another

A number of department stores, which have closed most of their sales areas due to the emergency declaration, are expanding their sales floors.

Among them, Takashimaya, a major department store in Tokyo, expanded its sales floor on the sixth day after the holiday.

The stores that have expanded are

Takashimaya's specialty stores such as clothing and miscellaneous goods in Nihonbashi Takashimaya S.C. in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, and
Takashimaya Times Square in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, which includes a shoe and handbag section and an eyeglass store.
Tamagawa Takashimaya S.C. in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, specializing in kitchenware and bedding, and clothing.

Tachikawa Takashimaya S.C. in Tachikawa City, Tokyo, which specializes in clothing and miscellaneous goods.

Takashimaya says it has resumed operations because of strong demand from customers and because the stores sell daily necessities, which are not subject to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's request for closure.

On the other hand, stores in the Kansai region are still open for business, but only for groceries and some restaurants.

In addition, Keio Department Store Co.

In addition to the reopening of the women's goods section of the Shinjuku store, which sells handkerchiefs and parasols, the cosmetics section on the second floor also reopened in addition to the cosmetics section on the first floor.
The Seiseki Sakuragaoka store in Tama City plans to reopen its eyeglasses section and its towel and cooking utensils sections on August 8, claiming that these items are within the scope of daily necessities.
At Tobu Department Store's main store in Ikebukuro, about 20 departments, including eyeglasses, nursing care products, and school uniforms, have reopened for business.
As a general rule, the department store will reopen by appointment only, and will continue to do so if there is a strong demand from customers and if the items are deemed to be daily necessities.
Odakyu Department Store reopened its handkerchief and sock sections at its Shinjuku and Machida stores on the 29th of last month.