The businesses specifically targeted during the third 2021 state of emergency are restaurants and bars – places where people congregate and often spend a long time drinking alcohol together, sometimes speaking without their masks on. Large shops and entertainment facilities over 1000 square meters are also requested to close. Even if a business type was not explicitly mentioned by the government, the owners may decide to close temporarily, shorten their hours or limit capacity.

The businesses asked to close entirely in the Tokyo area:

■ Bars and restaurants that sell alcohol or offer karaoke;

■ Shopping centers, department stores and large-scale retail stores (apart from sections selling daily necessities);

■ Movie theaters, planetariums, amusement parks;

■ Sports centers, yoga studios and gyms;

■ Museums, zoos and botanical gardens;

■ Public bathhouses, super-bathhouses, nail salons, massage parlors, hair and este salons;

■ Betting ticket counters;

■ Maj-jongg stores, pinball salons (pachinko), arcades;

■ Parks and gardens run by the Tokyo government;

Coffee shops, eating establishments, dance clubs and wedding halls are requested to stop selling alcoholic beverages and to close by 8 pm.

Events will be held without audience.

Daycare centers, kindergartens, schools and universities operate normally, but are asked to implement online learning where possible and to reduce club activities. Driving schools, cram schools, language schools etc. are also asked to move lessons online.

A list of major tourist attractions that are closed or have changed their opening hours can be found on the website of the JNTO.

Essential services and facilities, such as hospitals, pharmacies, stores selling food and other indispensable items, hotels, public baths, banks, post offices, administration offices and public transportation, will remain open.