Japanese media report on extending COVID-19 restrictions more widely

The new measures fall short of a state of emergency in the five prefectures

  • measures are likely to include early closure each evening for restaurants
  • to come into effect from Sunday, May 16 through June 1

To be brought in for some municipalities in

  • Gunma,
  • Ishikawa,
  • Okayama,
  • Hiroshima
  • Kumamoto

Eight areas are currently under a similar quasi-state of emergency

  • Hokkaido,
  • Saitama,
  • Chiba,
  • Kanagawa,
  • Gifu,
  • Mie,
  • Ehime,
  • Okinawa

Japan PM Suga:

Japanese media report on extending COVID-19 restrictions more widely