poor physical condition, etc., but i don't think it is necessary to uniformly ask to refrain from moving," japan's chief cabinet secretary suga forcefully stressed. chief cabinet secretary suga said that yasutoshi nishimura, minister of economic, financial and renewal, delivered the position to governor koike. according to a summary article of people infected nationwide in the mainichi shimbun, 214 new coronavirus cases were confirmed nationwide on 7 july. there are 20,866 people infected in japan, including cruise ship passengers. one person died in saitama and chiba prefectures, with a total of 993 dead. recent cases of infection in tokyo are not only related to downtown areas in their 20s and 30s, but also have many cases where routes are unknown. as of 7 july, there were 27 new infections in saitama, 12 people in osaka, 11 people in chiba, 9 people in kanagawa, kyoto and kagoshima. july 8–14 tokyo confirmed 75 new cases of covid-19 wednesday, marking the first time the daily figure in the capital has fallen below 100 in a week, the metropolitan government said. wednesday's figure, which brings the cumulative number of novel coronavirus infections in tokyo to 7,048, is the first double-digit figure since 1 july, when 67 cases were reported. in saitama prefecture, a total of 48 people were confirmed to be infected on the 8th, and the number was the highest per day after the emergency declaration was released on 25 may. in kanagawa prefecture, a woman in her 90s who was diagnosed with a new coronavirus infection die. she was admitted to shonan izumi hospital (izumi ward, yokohama city) on the 8th in kanagawa prefecture, and 23 people (including the same city, kawasaki, sagamihara and fujisawa) were found to have been infected. the number of infected people after the declaration of emergency was the third highest after 31 on 30 and 24 june on 3 july. kawasaki kyodo hospital was confirmed to have newly infected a caregiver woman in her 50s and three men and women in their 70s and 80s who were in the same room and ward as the patient who was found positive. on 8 july, nhk broadcasting in japan reported that 207 people were diagnosed with covid-19 on the same day by summing up the counts of the ministry of health, labor and welfare and the local governments. in addition, on the same day, one fatality occurred in yamagata and kanagawa prefecture, and the total number of deaths from covid-19 increased to 995 (including cruise ships). on 9 july, the number of daily covid-19 cases in tokyo hit a single-day record of 224 on thursday, the metropolitan government said. the number of infected people per day exceeded 206 on 17 april, the highest number ever. gov. yuriko koike told reporters in the morning that the number of people tested in shinjuku ward around seven days led to an increase in positive tests on the 9th, and said, "the number of seriously ill and dead has been suppressed these days." the metropolitan government held a meeting with experts on the afternoon of the 9th to announce the results of its analysis of the current state of the city based on new indicators to warn against the "next wave. of the four levels according to the severity level, the medical service system was raised from the current state of "i think it is necessary to prepare for strengthening" to the second state of "i think it is necessary to strengthen." on the other hand, the second highest level of infection, the current assessment of infection, was maintained. under the government's easing guidelines, the maximum number of participants, including events, intended to be raised from 1,000 to 5,000 from the same day, and professional baseball and the j. league will hold games from the same day. in japan, a total of 355 new infections were confirmed in 19 prefectures and airport quarantine on 9 july, bringing the total to 20,763. the number of new infections per day has reached the 300 level since 2 may during the emergency declaration, which is the first time since the declaration was lifted. in osaka prefecture, 30 men and women between elementary school children and 60s were confirmed to be infected, with 20 of them unknown. the number of new infections of more than 30 people in the prefecture since 29 april, accounting for 78% of 129 people in their 18s to 30s who were found to have been infected between june and 8 july. covid-19 patients in japan were chartered and 2,768 were returned to china after 14 confirmed infections and those identified as confirmers during the airport quarantine process. in addition, the distribution of 27,768 japanese, chinese travellers and patients returning home infected with covid-19 in japan adds 224 to 7,272, accounting for one-third of the total. among the infected, 36 patients were seriously ill, including 35 patients in japan and one on board a diamond princess cruise ship, as of tuesday. in the midst of 10 july, tokyo, neighbouring prefectures and other major cities began to see a simultaneous surge in new cases of covid-19 in the past few days, forcing policymakers to weigh public health concerns against business closure requests that would risk further damage to the economy. the number of daily covid-19 infections in tokyo reached a new single-day record of 243 on friday, gov. yuriko koike said, marking the second consecutive day of over 200 new cases in the capital. “i believe we have reached a stage when we need to be more cautious,” tokyo governor yuriko koike said at a news conference on 10 july, referring to the surge in new infections that started early this month. according to nhk broadcasting, as of 8:30 pm on the 10th, a total of 411 confirmed people, including 243 in tokyo, 32 in kanagawa, 27 in saitama, and 22 in osaka, were confirmed by covid-19. it is only about two and a half months since 24 april, when the “declaration of emergencies” related to covid-19 was issued to japan, with more than 400 daily confirmed people. among them, the number of confirmed people in tokyo was 243, setting the highest number on the previous day. the cumulative number of confirmed patients, which was 7,272 by the previous day, increased to 7,515. according to sources, 206 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in tokyo on tuesday. the number of people infected reached the 200-point mark for the third consecutive day, following 224 on 9 july and 243 on 10 july. the total number of people infected was 7,721. in japan, 385 new cases of new coronavirus infection were confirmed in japan. the total number of infected people was 21,528. the number of passengers on the cruise ship "diamond princess" is 22,240. an infection was found after one person in kanagawa died, with a total of 996 dead. it was the third consecutive day that there were more than 300 people. in tokyo, 206 people were over 200 for three consecutive days. the number of people in kanagawa was 34, the highest after the declaration of emergency. as side references for data, there were 35 people newly added in saitama, 13 people newly added in chiba, and 28 people newly added in osaka. on 11 july, osaka prefecture announced 28 new cases, most of whom could not trace the origin of their infection. the prefecture held a meeting to discuss countermeasures. it was announced that the parade for the jidai matsuri festival in kyoto would be cancelled because of the pandemic. two united states marine corps bases in okinawa prefecture were put on lockdown by the us military after 61 cases were reported at the bases. yoshihide suga, then the chief cabinet secretary, called the national increase in cases "a tokyo-centred problem". the government announced plans to allow foreigners, including international students, to re-enter japan after travelling abroad as long as they had a negative pcr test. the government also announced the possibility of working with 10 neighboring countries to resume business travel between them, following the easing of entry restrictions for business travelers from vietnam, thailand, australia and new zealand in june. on july 12, japan reported 409 new coronavirus cases, including 206 in tokyo, 32 in osaka prefecture, and 31 in chiba prefecture. the opposition party demanded that the state of emergency be reinstated, but the government refused, stating that most new cases were young people, there were still plenty of hospital beds available, and that restrictions would negatively affect the economy. on july 13, with hundreds of coronavirus infections in japan for the fourth day in a row, the government has launched a campaign to encourage travelling domestically in japan, raising concerns over the spread of the virus. japan's tourism agency announced the "go to travel" project on 10 july, which will invest 1.6794 trillion yen in the government's supplementary budget. the campaign, which will go into effect on 22 july, aims to boost domestic consumption and offers discounts of up to 35 per cent on tourism, travel, transportation, restaurant and entertainment. local media, including nhk, also pointed out that "in large cities such as tokyo, where the number of infected people is increasing, there are voices concerned that the population movement will increase and spread." legal circles are recruiting plaintiffs and lawyers for class action suits against the project under the name of "stop go to travel." as the controversy grew, yastoshi nishimura, minister of economic revitalization in charge of covid-19 response, held a press conference on 12 july and explained, "we must proceed with the campaign while paying attention to the spread of the infection. we can thoroughly prevent infection and promote the compatibility of economic and social activities." he also stressed, "if you are in bad shape, please refrain from going out, and refrain from crossing the prefecture." on 13 july, 261 new cases were reported, for a total of 22,318. in hokkaido, the total number of deaths reached 984. tokyo reported 119 new cases (with one cluster of 37 from a live music theatre in shinjuku), saitama prefecture had 26, osaka prefecture had 18, and chiba and kanagawa prefectures each had 17. 32 new cases at marine corps air station futenma, all american personnel, were also reported. on 14 july, the tokyo metropolitan government announced that 143 new coronavirus cases were reported. the number of infected people fell below 200 a day in a row. the total number of people infected was 8,189. there were no reports of the dead. by age group, 64 people were in their 20s, followed by 29 in their 30s. it was 65% in their 20s and 30s. among those who know the route of infection, 21 were employees of restaurants and customers, 13 were in facilities such as nursery schools and kindergartens, 17 were in the workplace and 10 were in the home. as of 11:15 p.m. on 14th, 333 new cases of the new coronavirus were confirmed in japan. three prefectures in the tokyo metropolitan area accounted for 238 or 70 per cent of the total, and some in the prefectures may have been infected with the disease. in the tokyo metropolitan area, 143 people were infected with the disease, 42 in saitama prefecture, 28 in kanagawa prefecture and 25 in chiba prefecture. in western japan, 20 people were found to be in osaka prefecture, 12 in kyoto prefecture, and nine in hyogo prefecture. in gifu prefecture, three men and women were found infected. a man in his 20s in ogaki reportedly ate in the prefecture with an infected person in aichi prefecture on the 9th. a teenage unemployed woman in gifu is a strong contact with a man in his 20s confirmed to have been infected and went to the city on the jr sekido line on the 6th to meet him. in hiroshima, a man in his 30s who belongs to the gsdf's kaida garrison was found infected. the man lived in the city and visited osaka prefecture on private business between 3 and 5 july. the city government believes the man is highly likely to have been infected in osaka prefecture and is seeking to identify a strong contact. it was reported that there were a total of 479 confirmed patients who had contacted the health