{"id":8140,"date":"2020-07-15T21:53:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T21:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=8140"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:38:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:38:03","slug":"tokyo-raises-covid-19-alert-to-highest-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/tokyo-raises-covid-19-alert-to-highest-level","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo raises Covid-19 alert to highest level"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tokyo has raised its level of alert due a spike in cases but may not require businesses to go into lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- Tokyo\u2019s city government has raised the level of alert due a spike in Covid-19 cases, which have been increasing since mid-May when its nationwide state of emergency was lifted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Governor Yuriko Koikehe has put the city on red alert, the fourth and highest level, but the system of alerts is largely seen to be symbolic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Covid-19 cases have been rising especially among young people, of between 20 and 30 years, with contagion believed to be occurring during nights out but also in workplaces and among family members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision might not mean businesses need to shut. Macau Business said that even under the national state of emergency in April, many businesses continued to operate in Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan has suffered over 22,500 cases and 1,000 deaths from Covid-19 but there have been no deaths in Tokyo for three weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the state of emergency was lifted in May, gaming revenues remain down, especially for <strong><em><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/japans-pachinko-revenue-falls-77-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">popular games such as pachinko<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tokyo has raised its level of alert due a spike in cases but may not require businesses to go into lockdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Tokyo has escalated its COVID-19 alert to the highest level, red, in response to a surge in cases, predominantly among younger demographics. While mandatory business closures are not anticipated, reflecting prior operational continuity during Japan's state of emergency, the situation continues to exert downward pressure on gaming revenues, particularly within the pachinko vertical.","focusai_entities":"Yuriko Koikehe, Macau Business","focusai_location":"Tokyo, Japan, Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Pachinko GGR Impact?","query":"What is the projected impact of Tokyo's elevated COVID-19 alert on pachinko Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) for the upcoming fiscal quarters, assuming no mandatory business closures?"},{"label":"Regulatory Governance Implications?","query":"How might the symbolic \"red alert\" status in Tokyo influence future regulatory considerations or governance frameworks for land-based gaming operations, particularly concerning public health protocols and operational continuity?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[14999],"class_list":["post-8140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-tokyo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8140"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8162,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8140\/revisions\/8162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}