Response of the Japanese to COVID-19 was investigated with 2 online questionnaire surveys conducted on May 2020 [N=1,200] and on August 2020 [N=6,000]. The results showed that high anxiety led sense of discrimination and adopting prevention behaviors against infection. People in metropolitan areas seemed estimating infection risk of long rage transport lower than people in rural areas. And response to Covid-19 of the Japanese residing outside of Japan was investigated with an online survey on August 2020 [N=116]. The results showed that in many countries the respondents answered that their local governments’ policies against COVID-19 were better than the Japanese policy because of swiftness, leadership, public relations, ICT use, and so on.