Is it really not called smoking on the streets in Japan?

Smoking is not allowed on the streets in Japan. Japan enacted passive smoking prevention regulations in 2017, which in principle prohibits smoking indoors in facilities used by many people, including restaurants. Smoking will be banned in medical facilities mainly used by children and patients, as well as in primary and secondary school campuses. Smoking will be banned indoors in restaurants and hotels in principle, but special smoking rooms will be allowed.

Japan has special smoking areas, and you can only smoke in a smoking area. There are many types of smoking areas in Japan, including indoor, open-air, open, and closed. Smoking areas generally have corresponding processing equipment, such as air filtration systems. Although smoking is prohibited in many places, some small bars and restaurants in Japan allow customers to smoke indoors.

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On June 27, 2018, the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly passed new regulations:

More than 80%, which is about 130,000 households In principle, all restaurants in Tokyo will be non-smoking to prevent the occurrence of second-hand smoke. This regulation will be fully implemented in April 2020, before the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

In Tokyo, the enactment of penalty regulations prohibiting street smoking is expanding. Among all 62 municipalities, 3% of the designated areas are prohibited from smoking.

Tokyo’s regulations stipulate that smoking is prohibited in principle regardless of indoor area.

Kindergartens, nurseries, elementary schools, junior high schools, and high schools are also prohibited from establishing outdoor smoking places permitted by the amendment to the National Health Promotion Act.

There are 11 no-smoking areas on the road in Tokyo + 10 special zones:

1. The entire Chiyoda City area

2. 17 urban areas, mainly Areas centered around stations

3. There are no designated areas in Sumida, Kita, and Nerima wards

In terms of smoking fines, 1,000-5,000 yen is generally the range. Seven urban areas, including Sumida Ward and Nakano Ward, have expressed expectations for the autonomy of their residents. Although they have formulated penalties, they have not yet been implemented. Chiyoda City imposed a fine of 2,000 yen for the first time in the country in 2002, and as of 2016 *** 102,265 penalty incidents have occurred.

Reference source? People's Daily Online Tokyo, Japan will formulate regulations to stipulate a "principle ban on smoking" indoors