But concerns have remained rife since the highest daily infection tally since the state of emergency was lifted on May 25 was reported on Sunday at 60 cases in the capital.
Should the spike in cases continue, the central government may once again come under pressure from prefectural governments to request business closures and set restrictions on people's movements across prefectural borders, which have recently been lifted, as has been the case very recently in some countries overseas where COVID-19 cases have seen a resurgence.
On June 19, the government completely lifted its nationwide travel restrictions, with the the move met by throngs of passengers returning to airports and train stations.
Prior to the lifting of travel restrictions, the government had requested that people continue to refrain from making unnecessary trips across prefectural borders, in particular urging against travel to and from Tokyo, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic here, and prefectures surrounding the capital including Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa Prefecture.
The request was also made for people to refrain from traveling to or from Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost prefecture, amid a resurgence of COVID-19 cases there at the time.
The Tokyo metropolitan government, on the same day, also lifted its remaining business restrictions on night-life venues.
The easing of restrictions on nightclubs, however, has concerned Tokyo metropolitan government officials as well as members of the public, following the outbreak of a cluster of infections in downtown Tokyo's Shinjuku ward.
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