The Government of Japan established the restrictions that will be implemented in the reopening of the live music centers. According to the recommendations, there should be a distance of two meters between the interpreters and the audience. If the space is too small to ensure this distance, the interpreters must wear masks at all times. In addition, the audience must maintain a distance of one meter between each person.
The Japan Music Center Association and three other organizations also announced a series of additional measures for the reopening. These indications express the installation of a protection barrier that will cover the entire front and will separate the interpreters from the audience. Furthermore, attendees are not allowed to sing together with the band, as this is also a source of contagion. The measures also recommend avoiding events of coexistence between artists and the public, but if carried out, the relevant disinfecting material must be provided.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike mentioned during a working meeting on COVID-19: “It will be a long time until a vaccine is available, so we will have to learn to live with this disease and maintain the pertinent precautionary measures to prevent a second outbreak. ” Koike had previously mentioned that he would consider reissuing forced closure indications to companies if the average of new daily cases exceeded 50, if more than half of new infections could not be tracked, or if new cases doubled in the period. One week.
Tokyo aims to allow nightclubs, karaoke salons, small live music venues and other entertainment venues that serve food to reopen on June 19. The measure would then be completely removing all indications of forced closure to businesses, so that Tokyo would be active again in economic matters. Restaurants and bars are still allowed to stay open until midnight.
However, the Japanese government has requested concerts and exhibitions to reduce the capacity of the number of attendees to 50%, at least until the end of July. For now, it is only possible to have less than 100 attendees in a closed space and less than 200 in an open space. From June 19 they will have 1,000 attendees, and 5,000 from July 10. Professional sports will resume its activities without spectators on June 19, and may have up to 5,000 spectators starting on July 10.
Source: Fuji News Network via Hachima Kikō
