The Japanese government will make a formal decision on the 18 today, Tuesday 25 January 2022.
- Hokkaido, Aomori, Yamagata, Fukushima, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Ngano, Shizuoka, Ishikawa, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Okayama, Shimane, Fukuoka, Oita, Saga and Kagoshima.
- Would be from Thursday (27 January) through to February 20.
Info via Japanese media (Jiji) overnight.
Japan PM Kishida
