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People walk in the Sannomiya shopping district of Kobe on Thursday. | KYODO
Kyodo, Jiji Apr 2, 2021
Osaka/Sendai – Restaurant and hotel operators in Osaka, Hyogo and Miyagi prefectures expressed disappointment Thursday after the government designated the areas for stronger measures against COVID-19, cases of which are rising there, as well as hope that the measures will not be prolonged.
A bar owner in his 40s in Kobe, a popular tourist destination in Japan, expressed dismay at the measures, which will be effective from April 5 for one month a period that includes the Golden Week holidays from late April to early May, one of the year’s busiest travel periods.