Seems like it was only in force for a day, and carried no penalties. Also seems like it was aimed at people who are looking at their smartphones primarily (i.e.

Seems like it was only in force for a day, and carried no penalties. Also seems like it was aimed at people who are looking at their smartphones primarily (i.e. playing Pokémon GO). I don't think they were looking to cure the menace of 歩きスマホ in the stroke of a pen, but rather wanted awareness of the issues of being engaged primarily with your phone rather than your environment. https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASN71728GN71ULOB004.html#:~:text=神奈川県大和市で,確保が課題となる。 https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASN71728GN71ULOB004.html#:~:t... The language chosen for defining 歩きスマホ (“walking smartphone”) uses the word https://jisho.org/word/注視 https://jisho.org/word/注視 in its definition, not sure if this is just formal language, or there is some important distinction between 注視 and 見て here. Nonetheless, here is the draft: http://www.city.yamato.lg.jp/web/content/000159510.pdf http://www.city.yamato.lg.jp/web/content/000159510.pdf And if you happen to live in Yamato, and want to track this, here is one of the official pages for tracking the ordinance. http://www.city.yamato.lg.jp/web/d-seibi/arukisumahopb.html http://www.city.yamato.lg.jp/web/d-seibi/arukisumahopb.html