Main Theme	Sub-Theme	Open-Ended Questions
1. Living in Japan	Motivation to live abroad: Economic need	What made you come to Japan? (Motivation in detail, life plan for some years in Japan) Why do people go abroad from your country? Do you support your family, how?
2. Importance of public-health directives (precautionary messages and information)	Satisfaction with COVID-19 vaccination and health care	Did you infect with COVID? How do you think/feel about health care in Japan? How do you think/feel COVID-10 related vaccination in Japan?
	Social isolation and the barriers to local communication	How do you think/feel about the information that has been coming out from the Japanese government and local city hall? How might this information be improved in the future to better inform people about risk?
	Financial condition and perceptions of self–cultural challenges	How does this impact your life? Did the COVID-19 affect your financial situation, your job/business, tell us before and now? Did you get any Financial support from the government?
	Social distancing and limitations of the environment	How do you think/feel about this advice on social distancing?
3. Living and practising Islam in Japan during the pandemic	Assessing the risk of COVID-19– taking precautions	Muslim attitudes in facing COVID-19? Efforts to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak are jihad, any action that carries the risks of transmission is wrong? How did you follow the instructions/protocol on social (physical) distancing and stay at home (work from home)?
	Prayer cancellation (including the holy Month Ramadan and Friday); the practice of cleanliness	Are regular Prayers remaining mandatory during the emergency? Congregational prayers at the mosque during the COVID-19 emergency? Are prayers for people who (because of their profession) required to be outside the home? Worship in Ramadan during COVID-19 Emergency?
	A sense of responsibility (duty)	How did you follow the instructions/protocol on social (physical) distancing and stay at home (work from home)?
	Provision of support (Donations etc.)	Increase zakat, donation and alms during a COVID-19 emergency? Doing a lot of good things and helping each other during COVID-19 emergency?
4. Faith and adherence		Tell me your idea/thought on a life after death in your words; Is there any change in how you recall/remember it after COVID-19? Any related events? How do you think that life after this pandemic? What do you think about your family/friends in your motherland during pandemic? In future, if a pandemic happens, what will you do? Will you listen to your body or mind?