how Japan is fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

So I'm back doing another video on the coronavirus

as many of you requested on the previous video

how life has changed in Tokyo due to the coronavirus

and again if we hit another 20,000 likes in this video,

I'll continue on with the updates,

so just let me know by hitting that like button.

Also, before I continue I'm hoping you and your family

are staying safe during this time, and although

Tokyo and all of Japan is not an official lockdown,

you can see that I'm staying home

In fact, Maiko and I are trying to stay home

as mush as possible during these days,

especially since we have a baby on the way.

And it is probably worth mentioning that

some of the footage in this video

wasn't actually taken by me

I've actually asked some of my friends

who are normally commuting to work during these days

or going to the grocery store, etc

to take some footage for me

during the regular commute

so that I can show you guys what's actually going on

here in Tokyo.

So some of the footage may not be as clear or stable,

but that's just how it is

This is the best I can do so I apologize for that.

So first of all, let's talk about the current situation

here in Japan.

Today is April 30th, So as of April 16th,

Japan officially declared a state of emergency,

but like I said earlier none of the cities in Japan

are officially on lockdown

Including Tokyo,

which means that residents are still free to come and go

as they please.

Despite this, japan's state of emergency

which was already extended until after Golden Week to

May 6th is now

expected to be extended until the end of May or even

early June and very much of Japan is still closed down

So schools are still shut down

along with many department stores and even

amusement areas like museums and Disneyland

and even professional sports.

Some restaurants are still open but are limiting hours

to the middle of the day

and some are just limiting it to takeout

Basically, the government is recommending that

non-essential businesses closed down

during this pandemic

but by law, they can't actually force any businesses

to close only strongly recommend it.

Also, many people these days are working from home if they can and other businesses have closed down completely

But there are some companies that are still operating as normal and if you look around there's definitely less people on the streets

Here's some video of shibuya scramble crossing from the last few days

And this is footage of shibuya scramble crossing in my first

coronavirus video and here's footage of how did you go to gauge the street during that video as well and

Here's recent footage of it

Now the number of people that you see on the streets have definitely reduced since just several weeks ago also

because a lot of people aren't going to work or working from home or not going out to go eat or go to

Restaurants you can see that there's a lot less people on the trains these days

What's nice though is that they're actually opening the windows to help circulate the air and luckily all the supermarkets are restocks

There's plenty of food on the aisles. There's me there's vegetables and there's even toilet paper

There was a little bit of a scare on supplies for about a week

But after that things kind of got restocked and people stopped running and there was no more panic buying and many

supermarkets and convenience stores have set up plastic sheets at the registers to help prevent the spread and many of those places have

Also set up a social distancing markers for their lines. So that's pretty much where we are currently in Japan at the moment

I would say in general a lot of people are staying home, but you do still have outliers people that are not following recommendations

They're not staying home and they are going out but because of Japanese law, it's really difficult to mandate people to stay home

So Japan relies heavily on people to cooperate and follow recommendations, and I don't know maybe it is working

Maybe it's not but Tokyo just reported only 72 cases this last Sunday

Which is the lowest recorded?

Since April 1st that said only time will tell whether or not Japan is doing the right thing

But in this video I kind of wanted to dig a little bit deeper and share with you guys how Japan is fighting the corona?

virus pandemic

Oh and while I'm sharing this list with you

Let me know if you agree with what Japan is doing and how it compares to your country. So first Japan's stimulus package

So Japan has launched a one trillion dollar

Coronavirus stimulus package, which means they're gonna distribute a hundred thousand yen each resident

Which is about nine hundred and thirty two dollars

it applies to anyone who is resided in Japan for the last three months and is registered as a

Basic resident here in Japan so you don't actually need to be a Japanese citizen to receive the handout

Also the residents current income or financial status doesn't matter. Number two. Japan is working on a program to subsidize

100% of salaries at small businesses

During the pandemic which basically means that all employees working for small businesses who have closed down

during the pandemic will still receive 100% of their salaries while up until now laid off workers receive a

60% of their salaries meaning that the government would throw in an extra 40 percent to take care of these workers during the pandemic

Basically this program covers a three million small businesses and ten million employees all throughout Japan number three

Japan is handing out two masks per household. So as you may already know from my previous coronavirus video. Japan has always

encouraged wearing masks to help prevent the spread of coronavirus

In fact wearing masks in Japan to prevent the spread of illness has been part of Japanese culture even before this entire pandemic

Unfortunately these days

master and short supply in Japan

It's really difficult to find them at drug stores convenience stores and even supermarkets in response to this

The Japanese government has decided to distribute two

washable cloth mass per household saying that they're gonna distribute the masks first two places where

Coronavirus is on the rise

You can see here the Prime Minister wearing the very mass that they're distributing

And here's the actual mass that have been delivered to someone's house

some people have complained that the masks are too small while others saying that too is not enough per household number for

Japan is starting to move some production out of China. So a consumer product maker

Iris-sama is said to be the first Japanese company to receive a government subsidy

Basically, Japan wants a ship production out of China to build a stronger and more resilient supply chain here in Japan and the goal

150 million mass per month by August and 5 local companies helping out for example

Which handles rental housing and other facilities is providing free housing

basically

they've leased 200 rooms around Japan to provide to people who have lost their homes and during the pandemic and

They're lending the rooms all free of charge until the end of December

2020 so that's the list for now

Let me know in the comments if you agree with what Japan is doing to fight against the corona virus pandemic also

Let me know whether or not you think they're doing enough and how it compares to your country

And again if you get 20,000 likes on this video

I'll do another

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