Kirk here with news about the extension of the so-called “pre-emergency measures” (“man’en boushi tou juuten sochi” [まん延防止等重点措置] in Japanese or “manbo” for short) in Kumamoto. The measures will end on March sixth in many nearby prefectures (Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Miyazaki and Kagoshima) but continue in Kumamoto until Marchi 18 in Kumamoto: