COVID-19 Tokyo, Osaka, and other areas lifting restrictions on dining out

Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba, as well as Osaka, eliminated curbs on the serving of alcohol and the operating hours that had been introduced to keep coronavirus infections from spreading. The easing of curbs came as infections nationwide continue to be on a downtrend. [...] Some 102,000 eateries in Tokyo have been certified as having taken the necessary coronavirus measures and are no longer subject to a request to stop serving alcohol by 8 p.m. Around 18,000 noncertified dining establishments will remain under the old restrictions and must stop serving by 9 p.m. "I am grateful that we can work normally now," said a 40-year-old female member of staff at a bar in Tokyo's Kabukicho nightlife district.

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Lothor said:

I'm also more likely to be in a bar in the afternoon (usually a single beer with a friend when we go on a walk) or early evening than late, which is perhaps why the restrictions in October escaped my attention.

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