increasing and watching them with tension.” in addition, infection is spreading at u.s. military bases in japan. okinawa prefecture said it received a call from the u.s. military that 64 people were confirmed to have been infected by the confirmed number of confirmed cases per day at u.s. military facilities in japan, including futenma base and camp hansen. so far, 229 u.s. military officials have been confirmed in okinawa, exceeding the number of people infected with okinawa. according to japan's nhk, 835 newly covid-19 confirmed patients were reported throughout japan on 26 july. this is the second-largest after 981, the record high on 23 july. the number of newly confirmed people in the capital city of tokyo stood at 239, marking the sixth consecutive day of 200, while the number of newly confirmed people in osaka also exceeded 100 for the fifth consecutive day with 141 people. in addition, fukuoka prefecture (90 people), hyogo prefecture (49 people), and kumamoto prefecture (21 people) broke the record. on 27 july 596 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in japan. it was the first time in seven days since the 20th that the number had fallen below 600. it is believed that the number of tests decreased during the holidays, leading to a decrease in the number of infected people. above all, there were 131 people in tokyo, which had more than 200 for 6 days in a row, and 87 in osaka, which had been over 100 for 5 straight days in a row. according to tokyo, 79% of the infected people are young people in their 20s to 30s. besides, there were 10 people who were related to "nightlife downtown", 14 people who were infected with domestic infections and 9 people who were infected with workplace infections. meanwhile, there were 79 unknown routes of infection. moreover, there are also 76 people in aichi and 18 in okinawa, which is the highest number per day. after all, the total number of infected people so far has reached 31,203 as date of 27 july. as a result, a total of 31,915 people were infected, including passengers on board the cruise ship diamond princess, bringing the death toll to 1,012 after a new confirmed death in kyoto. as of 10 p.m. on 28 july 980 newly covid-19 confirmed patients in japan were identified, according to japanese public broadcaster nhk. the figure is the second-highest since 23 july, when the daily number of newly confirmed patients reached 981. as a result, japan's cumulative number of confirmed numbers increased to 32,956. the death toll increased to 1,015, with three deaths. on this day, the capital tokyo recorded 266 new confirmed people and osaka recorded 155. the number of newly confirmed patients in aichi prefecture reached 110, exceeding 100 for the first time. japan's confirmed number has increased by nearly 6,000 in the past week. besides, the distribution of 3,244 people, including japanese, chinese travelers, and returning patients infected with covid-19 in japan, has surpassed a third of the total number of tokyo by 1,161. furthermore, there were 553 people who were exposed to airport quarantine, 173 people returning from china to charter flights, government employees, and quarantine officers. among the infected, the number of severe patients in the ventilator or intensive care room increased to 76 in japan only on the 28th. there were 22,811 out of the confirmed cases in japan until 28 july, and a total of 23,470 diamond princess passengers. the number of pcr tests carried out on 26 july was 7908 during the day, according to the report. meanwhile, kyodo news reported on 28 july that a police officer in charge of guarding japanese defense minister taro kono was also confirmed to have been diagnosed with covid-19. defense minister kono was tested negative on the day and plans to proceed as scheduled after the 29th. on 29 july, japan reported over 1,000 new cases of covid-19. osaka, aichi, fukuoka and okinawa prefectures all set single-day records for new infections according to media reports. it was suggested that the large increase came as a result of a four-day holiday from 22–26 july. 250 of the new cases came from tokyo. iwate prefecture, the last remaining prefecture without any cases, reported its first two cases. on 30 july, 1,305 new cases were reported. urban areas in particular reported record numbers of infections. 367 new cases were reported in tokyo, bringing the city's cases to 12,228. many of the infected were between 20–30 years old; in response, the metropolitan government asked restaurants and karaoke bars to reduce their hours until the end of august. on july 31, 1,578 new cases were reported, with 463 in tokyo. the osaka prefectural government requested that venues serving alcohol either shut completely or reduce their hours until august 20. august–september 2020 during august, the circumstantial consequences had been getting worse, officially reported nationwide daily record never concluded below two-digits. eventually, ratings of pm abe's cabinet became critical and critics over pm abe's decision threatens pm abe's career and jiminto's reputation. as a result, pm abe declared that he would pass over the duty as prime minister of japan to future leader of japan. on 12 august, the number of infections in japan exceeded 50,000. on 22 august, the number of infections in japan exceeded 60,000. on 4 september, the total number of infections exceeded 70,000. on 24 september, the total number of infections exceeded 80,000, due to declining numbers of reports for the daily record of infected people. october–december 2020 on 5 october, japan overtook china in terms of the number of infections. on 14 october, the total number of contracted infections in japan exceeded 90,000 despite a decrease in diagnosed people reported in past several weeks. at the end of october, the total number of infections in japan exceeded 100,000 as the daily report of transmittion was recorded from 300 people to 700 people in october. on 17 november, there were 1,699 cases of contracted infection in japan, including 298 infected people in tokyo. on 18 november, there were 2,202 cases of contracted infection in japan, including 493 people who were found infected in tokyo. on 19 november, there were 2,387 cases of contracted infection in japan, including 534 people who were diagnosised positive in tokyo. on 20 november, there were 2,426 cases of contracted infection in japan, including 504 people who were found positive for infection in tokyo. on 21 november, there were 2,596 cases of contracted infection in japan, including 539 people who were tested positive for infection in tokyo. as the pandemic surged inside japan, national government eventually excluded sapporo and osaka region from 'go to travel' campaign on 24 november. as the pandemic surged inside tokyo, yuriko koike announced that they will strongly recommend restaurants to shorten business hours amid virus for three weeks although more than 2,000 people tested positive for covid-19 on 26 november, japanese government officials disappointingly disagreed with resolving the public health crisis caused by the covid-19 pandemic. at the beginning of december, the liberal democratic party on monday proposed extending the go to travel tourism promotion campaign through the end of the golden week holidays in early may. as of 2 december, although there were less than 2,000 new cases in japan in seven days following 25 november, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in japan exceeded 150,000. on 3 december, japan reported 2,498 new cases. 36 new deaths were reported, of which 11 came from the northern prefecture of hokkaido. in tokyo, 533 people tested positive. 2021 on 13 january, the applying region of the state of emergency was expanded to 11 cities including tochigi, gifu, aichi, kyoto, osaka, hyogo and fukuoka. 2022 the isolation period for travellers to japan was reduced to seven days.