”Intensive Measures for the Spread Prevention” to be expanded to Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa and Aichi prefecture

”Intensive Measures for the Spread Prevention” by the government for COVID-19 prevention is now expanded to more prefectures. Now the measures are now deployed to Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto, Miyagi, Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa and Aichi prefectures. Please kindly note that only some regions in the prefectures follow the measures and not all area in the prefectures. (The measures are going to be deployed on 20th April 2021 onwards for Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa and Aichi prefectures.)

In the designated areas, the regional government may ask you to finish the business earlier than usual with some compensations instead.

Here are the cities designated(updated on 18th Apr):

• Visit each prefectural government site for the latest information about areas and measures including compensations
• Some additional measures and compensations may be applied outside the designated areas in the prefecture

Osaka	All areas
Hyogo	Kobe, Amagasaki, Nishinomiya, Ashiya, Itami, Takarazuka, Kawanishi, Sanda, Inagawa, Akashi Kakogawa, Takasago, Imani, Harima, Himeji, Ichikawa, Fukusaki and Kamikawa
Kyoto	Kyoto-shi
Miyagi	All areas
Tokyo	All 23 wards, Hachioji, Tachikawa, Musashino, Fuchu, Chofu and Machida
Saitama	Saitama-shi and Kawaguchi
Chiba	Ichikawa, Funabashi, Mastudo, Kashiwa and Urayasu
Kanagawa	Yokohama, Kawasaki and Sagamihara
Aichi	Nagoya
Okinawa	All areas