State of emergency takes effect in 7 more prefectures

So the LDP’s view that Delta is only infectious after 20:00… which has proven to be such an effective deterrent to increasing numbers of patients…is their path forward. Be safe everyone.

the jgovt obviously don’t look around or ride the trains but everyone in Tokyo are outside partying and going to work which is not helpful either

Under the state of emergency, major commercial facilities such as department stores and shopping malls are being called on to limit the number of customers allowed in at the same time, in addition to restaurants and bars being barred from serving alcohol or offering karaoke and those not serving them asked to close by 8 p.m.

lol what a lousy SOE. I don’t believe this is the answer. Start finding medication to treat rather than hide from the virus and rely on vaccine that are not 100 percent effective. Not sure why they still can find pharmacy drug to prevent severe complication beats me.

Covid appears to be thriving nicely on the daily grind of Japanese capitalism and the ubiquitous after-work downtime fleshpots. "Woke" will needs become the watchword for the Japanese to change their MO if they want to beat this sucker, but with the "unwoke" denizens of Kasumigaseki in charge it looks like just another big dose of national ganbaru will be called for.

Isn't it astonishing these f**king censors will actually go so far as to delete part of a message which mentions the best vaccines by far?

It's not a State of Emergency anymore; it's simply the new normal in Japan. Basically nothing will have changed except for the fact that people can't get bladdered after a long, unproductive day at the office, which will have some inevitable consequences somewhere down the road but I'm sure J-gov will "consider" or "discuss" on what to do about that weeks after their people explode from being denied their go-to stress reliever activity. C'est la vie.

NO LOCK DOWNS, it did NOT work in other countries

I agree to an extent. It worked in China. It's either a hard lock-down or none at all. Anything in between is utterly useless.

NO LOCK DOWNS, it did NOT work in other countries, it brought hardship and killed many small businesses, the solution has been written on the wall for over a year and half now, MORE VACCINATION.

Is the government going to compensate for the loss of income/earnings in the effected prefectures?

So relieved to hear that. How about the people he infected? How are they doing?

they’re all fine, thanks for asking.

I’m sure you’re relieved to hear that too (or are you disappointed ?)

Meanwhile a friend has just recovered from his covid /cold.

So relieved to hear that. How about the people he infected? How are they doing?

If anyone from those 7 prefectures needs hints on how to approach the SOEs, just ask anyone from Tokyo. We've been pretty much ignoring them for months.

I'm at the closed no alcohol beach drinking alcohol, so are lots of other people,

Meanwhile a friend has just recovered from his covid /cold.

Is reducing the footfall in dept stores and shopping malls going to make much difference?

Good god, you would think there was a pandemic or something!