Planning, training, exercising, and communications are among the activities conducted under this phase. Response activities and programs are designed to address the immediate and short-term effects of ...

The government is set to lift COVID-19 pre-emergency measures in 18 prefectures as scheduled on March 21. The 18 prefectures are: Hokkaido, Aomori, Tochigi, Gunma, Ibaraki, Saitama, Chiba ...

A government task force on April 1 approved for the first time anti-COVID-19 pre-emergency measures that will extend over the Golden Week holidays in three prefectures. The governors of Osaka ...