Kirk here with an update on Kumamoto’s “pre-emergency” measures.
“Of the 12 prefectures where pre-emergency measures are now in place, six–Toyama, Yamanashi, Ehime, Kochi, Saga and Nagasaki–will have the measures lifted on Sept. 13. The measures will stay in place until Sept. 30 for the six remaining prefectures: Fukushima, Ishikawa, Kagawa, Kumamoto, Miyazaki and Kagoshima.”
Numbers of new cases are down in Kumamoto but there have been some instances of clusters (I’ll post about that later) that may have influenced the decision.
By the way, “pre-emergency” is one way in which the Japanese “man’en boushi tou juuten sochi” (まん延防止等重点措置) is translated. The Japanese is sometimes shortened to “manbou” but this abbreviation has been criticized because it sounds like “mambo,” a fish also know as a sharptail mola (see second url for an article in Japanese about the criticism).
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14437035
https://www.sankeibiz.jp/macro/news/210403/mca2104031738005-n1.htm
