People eat and drink at a restaurant before 8 p.m., the closing time suggested by the government for the ongoing state of emergency in Tokyo, Thursday, September 30, 2021. On Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, Japan fully came out of a coronavirus state of emergency for the first time in more than six months as the country starts gradually easing virus measures to help rejuvenate the pandemic-hit economy as the infections slowed. (Photo by Hiro Komae/AP Photo)
