the 47 prefectures to be out of the state of emergency. on 24 may, fukuoka prefecture announced a total of four confirmed cases, including one re-positive case confirmed in fukuoka city, and three infected cases related to kitakyushu city. on 25 may, pm shinzo abe has announced he's lifting the government's emergency declaration for the five prefectures where it's still in place. on 28 may, a 117.1 trillion yen relief package was approved by abe and his cabinet. the purpose of the package is to provide financial relief for companies and individuals that have been struggling due to the impact of the virus. on 28 may, the number of infected people in kitakyushu has risen to 22 in the past 5 days, and the infection route of 17 of them is unknown. on 30 may, in kitakyushu city, 69 people have been confirmed to have been infected in 7 days from the 23rd to the 29th of this month, and the infection route of 27 of them is unknown. on 31 may, the city of kitakyushu closed public facilities after 12 people tested positive for covid-19. june 2020 on 2 june, 34 new cases were reported in tokyo. on 5 june, hitachi, toshiba, and fujirebio announced they would collaborate to produce antigen-testing kits. on 6 june, following rising infection numbers, japanese economic revitalization minister yasutoshi nishimura said that he and tokyo governor yuriko koike would discuss prevention measures for young people and nightlife districts. on 8 june, it was reported that approval ratings for prime minister abe had dropped as a result of his handling of the pandemic. on 10 june, the tokyo olympic committee announced that the postponed summer olympics, to be held in 2021, would be "simplified" to reduce their cost and reduce the spread of covid-19. on 11 june, the tokyo metropolitan government lifted its warning about a possible increase in the number of coronavirus infections in the capital. on 12 june, there were 61 new cases and 3 deaths. japan eased restrictions on residents returning after foreign travel. as of 13 june, tokyo was seeing increased participation in nightlife following removal of restrictions on venues. management of these establishments were required to record customer contact information for contact tracing, and were requested to maintain social distancing within their venues. on 14 june, japan reported 54 new cases, including 18 infections of nightlife employees in shinjuku district. hokkaido reported 7 cases, for a total of 1170. kitakyushu reported 2 new cases. japan's minister in charge of coronavirus response, the governor of tokyo, and mayor of tokyo's shinjuku ward met and agreed to cooperate on measures to curb the rising trend of coronavirus infections in the capital's nightlife districts. in a survey, doctors reported declining work conditions at over 20% of hospitals, including "dismissals, salary reductions and forced closures". on 15 june, 72 new cases were reported, including 48 in tokyo, 6 in hokkaido, and 1 in kitakyushu. on 17 june, it was reported that foreign travel to japan had dropped to an all-time low in may. numbers had been declining monthly since october 2019 as a result of covid-19. imports and exports had the largest year-to-year drop in over a decade. on 18 june, 70 new cases were reported, with 41 in tokyo. the japanese government announced they were preparing to remove some restrictions. it was reported that japan was reportedly the least satisfied with government support to businesses, in a survey covering the us, france, germany, britain, sweden and japan. on 19 june, the japanese government launched its contact tracing app, cocoa, but users reported having difficulty finding and downloading it. following delays, the 2020 nippon professional baseball season started. japanese clothing retailer uniqlo launched a washable cloth mask. demand was significant, resulting in their website crashing and long queues at brick and mortar stores. on 21 june, there were 56 new cases, for a total of 17,931. 35 were in tokyo, and 9 of these were discovered by inspection at two host clubs in shinjuku. osaka prefecture reported a cluster of 3 infections. on 24 june, 55 cases were confirmed in tokyo, the highest since the declaration of emergency. the total number of cases in tokyo was 5,895. on 25 june, it was confirmed that the japanese government would abolish the expert meeting without any signals, although members of expert meeting were not notified and some lawmakers of opposition parties are demanding the explanation of sudden abolishing process. later on 29 june, nishimura expressed regret for a remark he made. he said last week that he planned to abolish the expert panel and replace it with a newly set up subcommittee. he said that "abolish" was too strong a word. as of 25 june, the tokyo metropolitan government said thursday it had confirmed 48 new novel coronavirus infections, marking more than 40 cases daily for the second straight day. as of wednesday, the weekly average of daily new cases stood at 37.9 with untraceable cases comprising 45.7 percent, while the total number of weekly cases had increased by 27 percent. the tokyo metropolitan government had previously said they would consider reissuing business closure requests if the weekly average of new cases exceeded 50, more than half were untraceable and new cases had doubled in the span of a week. as of 25 june, in japan, 82 new coronavirus infections were confirmed during the day on the 25th. in particular, the number of new confirmed persons in tokyo, the capital city, was 48, the second highest level after the emergency declaration issued by the japanese government was lifted on the 25th of last month. according to tokyo, 21 cases out of 48 people were employees and customers working in the entertainment district. yasushi nishimura, who is unexpectedly in charge of japan's economy, finance and renewal as minister, said at a press conference on the day, "we have been analysing the opinions of experts and repeating opinions." governor yuri koike of tokyo explained, "as experts analysed, the number of benign patients is not increasing rapidly, and the number of hospitalized and severe patients is not increasing, so it is not a secondary epidemic." on 26 june, there were over 100 new cases nationally. tokyo confirmed 54 new cases. on 28 june, tokyo recorded 60 new coronavirus cases. tokyo governor yuriko koike denied that it was a "second wave" of covid-19. most of the new cases were associated with entertainment facilities and public spaces such as schools and offices. on 29 june, yomiuri shimbun reported that more people considers infection of hcov-2019 would be transgression of the individual in japan, quoting the survey of prof. miura. professor miura said, "in japan, there is a strong tendency to blame people who are supposed to be "victims" not only for corona (covid-19), but for women suffering from demons, "it is worse to go out at midnight." there is also a possibility that such an awareness may lead to the idea that infection is regarded as the responsibility of the individual.” as of 29 june, it was reported that tokyo recorded 58 confirmed cases and japan recorded over 100 people were confirmed positive for new coronavirus. among them, from tokyo area, 80% of people were in their 20s and 30s, there were 24 people who were believed to have transmitted the disease and over 30 cases were related to the nightlife district. in tokyo, 54 people were found infected, exceeding 50 for five consecutive days. it is believed that the infection spread from the "night town" to the "home" during march–april when the infection spread in tokyo. furthermore, in kanagawa prefecture, 31 people were confirmed to have contracted the disease, including 26 employees of the same host club in naka ward, yokohama. on 30 june, 130 new cases were reported, with 54 in tokyo. 15 of the tokyo cases were associated with the nightlife district. july 2020 july 1–7 on july 1, tokyo reported 67 new cases, many of which were tied to nightlife venues in shinjuku and ikebukuro. 10 cases were confirmed in osaka prefecture. on 2 july, 190 new cases were confirmed nationwide, the greatest number since the end of the state of emergency on 25 may. tokyo reported 107 new cases. the ministry of health, labour and welfare reported that over 30,000 people had lost work due to the pandemic. on 3 july, 250 new cases of covid were confirmed nationwide. 124 of these were in tokyo. cases in tokyo and kagoshima prefecture were linked to nightlife establishments such as host bars. tokyo governor yuriko koike reminded residents to avoid such venues, but did not impose any closures or restrictions. chief cabinet secretary yoshihide suga stated "there was no need to reinstate the state of emergency that was lifted on 25 may". closures due to the pandemic had resulted in a recession for january–march. on 4 july, 262 cases were reported nationwide. tokyo reported 131 new cases. 23 cases were in kagoshima, 17 in osaka, and 9 in kyoto. infections among young people continued to be primarily linked to nightlife establishments. yamagata prefecture had its first confirmed case since 4 may. on 5 july 208 new cases of new coronavirus were confirmed nationwide. it was the third consecutive day that the number of new infections exceeded 200. in tokyo, the number of people infected with "downtown at night" such as host clubs and cabaret clubs is increasing. according to the city, 46 cases out of 111 people were related to the city at night, the shinjuku area is 38 people, ikebukuro area was 4 people. of the people 111, are in their 20s and 30s in 73 people together, account for about 66 percent of the total. also, of the 111 people, 58 are close contacts of people who have been confirmed to have been infected, and 53 have no known route of infection. new infections have also been confirmed around tokyo, with 21 in saitama, 20 in kanagawa, and 7 in chiba. as a result, this brought the total number of confirmed cases in tokyo to 6,765. the number of people infected with the new coronavirus was also confirmed in kyushu on 5 july. kagoshima prefecture has confirmed 13 men and women in their teens and 50s. they were both visitors and contacts at a show pub in kagoshima, where clusters were believed to have occurred. nine new infections have been confirmed in fukuoka prefecture. four of the men and women in their 20s and 50s in fukuoka are members-only snacks in fukuoka, where customers and employees have been confirmed to be infected. a total of seven people were infected with the shop, two employees and five customers, and the city believes a new cluster has occurred. this is the seventh case of cluster outbreak in the city. in miyazaki, men in their 40s were also confirmed to be infected. it has been confirmed in miyazaki prefecture since 11 april. on 6 july 176 new cases of the new coronavirus were confirmed in japan. the number of new infections in tokyo was 102, exceeding 100 for the fifth consecutive day. in addition, there were 16 people in saitama, 11 people in kanagawa, and 12 people in kagoshima. at the same day, revamped government expert panel gave the go-ahead to the plan to take a further step away from emergency mode, on the premise that preventive measures against the virus are taken, said economic revitalization minister yasutoshi nishimura, who is in charge of the government's coronavirus response. on 7 july 106 new cases of covid-19 were confirmed in tokyo, according to a report from the tokyo metropolitan government. the number of people infected per day in tokyo exceeded 100 for the sixth straight day, and the average number of people infected per week exceeded 100. in response to the increase in the number of people infected in tokyo, yuriko koike asked tokyo residents to refrain from moving outside the city without any urgent need since 4 july. according to jiji press, japan's chief cabinet secretary yoshihide suga told a press conference on 7 july that he conveyed to tokyo governor yuriko koike's view that the government has not uniformly asked for restraint on cross-regional movement. "it is better to refrain from moving (inter-regional) for people with