Table 2.

Border control in Japan before the state of emergency on 7 April 2020 [58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66].

Date	Designated Areas of Immigration Restrictions under the Immigration Control Act	Countries Subject to Strengthened Quarantine
1 February 2020	China (Hubei)
13 February 2020	China (Zhejiang)
27 February 2020	Partly: Republic of Korea
7 March 2020	Partly: Republic of Korea, Iran
9 March 2020		China, Republic of Korea
11 March 2020	Partly: Iran Entirely: Italy, San Marino
19 March 2020	Partly: Italy, Switzerland, Spain Entirely: Iceland
21 March 2020		Schengen countries (Iceland, Italy, Estonia, Austria, Netherland, Greece, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Hungary, Finland, France, Belgium, Poland, Portugal, Malta, Latvia, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg), Ireland, Andorra, Iran, United Kingdom, Egypt, Cyprus, Croatia, San Marino, Vatican City, Bulgaria, Monaco and Romania
26 March 2020		United States of America
27 March 2020	Ireland, Andorra, Italy, Estonia, Austria, Netherland, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Slovenia, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Vatican City, France, Belgium, Portugal, Malta, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Iran
28 March 2020		Israel, Qatar, Bahrain, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam, and Malaysia
3 April 2020	Albania, Armenia, Israel, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Ecuador, Egypt, Australia, Canada, South Korea, Northern Macedonia, Cyprus, Greece, Croatia, Kosovo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Singapore, Slovakia, Serbia, Thailand, Taiwan, Czech Republic, China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Chile, Commonwealth of Dominica, Turkey, New Zealand, Panama, Hungary, Bahrain, Philippines, Finland, Brazil, Bulgaria, Brunei, United States of America, Vietnam, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bolivia, Poland, Malaysia, Moldova, Morocco, Montenegro, Mauritius, Latvia, Lithuania, Rumania	All countries and regions