Coronavirus lockdown: Lessons from Hokkaido's second wave of infections bbc.com

But Hokkaido is in the spotlight again as it struggles to deal with a second wave of infections.
In late February, Hokkaido became the first place in Japan to declare a state of emergency due to Covid-19.
On 19 March the state of emergency was lifted, and at the beginning of April, schools re-opened.
But now, just 26 days after the state of emergency was lifted, a new one has had to be imposed.
What does this tell us about how the virus outbreak was handled in Hokkaido?