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Ex. FOR-027 Context (guidance or announcement) Confirmed from a secondary source

Third Declaration of a State of Emergency (Apr. 23, 2021; Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, later expanded) and Fourth Declaration (announced July 8, 2021; Tokyo from July 12, 2021; Okinawa continued; expanded in August to Osaka, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa and other prefectures), extended to Sept. 30, 2021; quasi-emergency measures in additional prefectures

Third and fourth states of emergency (2021)

Government of Japan under art. 32(1) of the Act on Special Measures · Japan (Foreign government)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Japan
Level
Foreign government
Authority
Act on Special Measures, arts. 31-4 and 32
Issued
2021-04-23 Apr. 23, 2021
Effective
2021-04-25 (third); 2021-07-12 (fourth, Tokyo) (read as 2021-04-25)
End
2021-09-30 (all emergency and quasi-emergency measures lifted) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Apr. 25, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars
Addressees
  • prefectural governors
  • restaurants and bars (alcohol service suspended)
  • large venues
Functions reached
  • CB
  • SC
  • TR
  • MK (Tokyo Olympics held without spectators)
Collection
Foreign governments' orders (context) FOR

Operative words

Not read; described in the U.S. Embassy Tokyo Health Alert of July 9, 2021.

Enforcement

Act on Special Measures (administrative fines)

Notes

Japan spent the whole third quarter of 2021 under emergency or quasi-emergency measures.

Retrieval note

The exhibit is dated July 9, 2021 although date_issued records the third declaration of Apr. 23, 2021; the Japanese government texts were not located (corona.go.jp is offline and the Kantei English index lists no April or July 2021 declaration page), so the grade stays verified_secondary. the Wayback Machine returned empty bodies for the alert and the Prime Minister's Office pages on Sept. 26, 2026.