The nation has managed to get its COVID-19 cases to a manageable level.

Japan enacted its full-country lockdown approximately a month ago. Since the state of emergency was declared, COVID-19 cases gradually dropped in the country, though at the expected cost of economic stability. In recent weeks, case numbers reached low enough levels that the state of emergency was gradually lifted in prefectures with lower economic impact, though the economic epicenters of the country like Tokyo remained closed. Today, however, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided that the pandemic has reached a manageable level, and officially lifted the state of emergency entirely.

“The Japanese way of dealing with the epidemic has been quite superior,” Abe said on Monday. “Now, we are going to venture into a new arena. Therefore, we need to create a new lifestyle from now on. We need to change our way of thinking.”

Japan’s official coronavirus numbers are 16,000 infections and 800 deaths, a fraction of many other hard-hit countries. In the last week, new cases dropped to only 200, and patients hospitalized with COVID-19 dropped below 2,000. As the metropolitan centers of Japan open back up, various industries have already begun writing up temporary rules and restrictions to be implemented for the foreseeable future. A greater emphasis has been placed on better indoor ventilation, adequately available hand sanitizer, face masks, and other typical staples, though social norms will likely be affected for a while as well. Restaurant patrons, for instance, are being encouraged to sit side-by-side, rather than across from each other, and try to keep talking to a minimum.

“Everyone wants to avoid being blamed — that you are the one who became a hotbed of covid-19,” Hokkaido University professor Kazuto Suzuki told The Washington Post. “This is social pressure among Japanese society, that if you don’t follow the guidelines, and you are spreading the virus, then you will get sanctions from society.”

Educational institutions like schools, museums, and libraries will be the first to reopen, while restaurants and bars will begin expanding their hours and allowing for dining-in. Entertainment businesses like pachinko parlors and movie theaters will open at an unspecified later date, though high-risk businesses like gyms and karaoke bars will still remain closed.