<s>
COVID-19	B-Application
Contact-Confirming	I-Application
Application	I-Application
,	O
abbreviated	O
as	O
COCOA	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
COVID-19	O
application	O
for	O
smartphones	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Health	O
,	O
Labour	O
and	O
Welfare	O
of	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
uses	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
to	O
detect	O
and	O
record	O
suspected	O
close	O
contacts	O
between	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
20	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Apple	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
began	O
to	O
provide	O
the	O
public	O
health	O
authorities	O
of	O
various	O
countries	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
coronavirus	O
infection	O
notification	O
(	O
English	O
:	O
Exposure	O
Notification	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
15:00	O
on	O
June	O
19	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
and	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
began	O
to	O
provide	O
the	O
1.0.0	O
(	O
initial	O
trial	O
version	O
)	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.1.1	O
(	O
trial	O
version	O
)	O
fixes	O
the	O
problems	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
version	O
,	O
and	O
after	O
accessing	O
the	O
above	O
system	O
,	O
it	O
will	O
be	O
published	O
to	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
on	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
on	O
July	O
1	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
13	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Digital	O
Minister	O
Taro	O
Kono	O
said	O
that	O
COCOA	B-Application
will	O
be	O
discontinued	O
as	O
Tokyo	O
continues	O
to	O
simply	O
details	O
on	O
COVID-19	O
patients	O
 '	O
names	O
and	O
other	O
details	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
long	O
as	O
the	O
smart	O
phones	O
of	O
both	O
parties	O
are	O
installed	O
with	O
COCOA	B-Application
and	O
Bluetooths	O
are	O
turned	O
on	O
,	O
the	O
devices	O
will	O
record	O
each	O
other	O
's	O
data	O
(	O
identification	O
code	O
)	O
and	O
store	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
contact	O
information	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
entering	O
COCOA	B-Application
,	O
people	O
who	O
have	O
been	O
in	O
contact	O
with	O
the	O
confirmed	O
case	O
will	O
be	O
notified	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
19	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Health	O
,	O
Labour	O
and	O
Welfare	O
urged	O
users	O
to	O
search	O
for	O
"	O
contact	O
confirmation	O
app	O
"	O
(	O
contact	O
confirmation	O
app	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
and	O
other	O
places	O
,	O
and	O
install	O
it	O
(	O
download	O
)	O
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
revised	O
version	O
(	O
1.1.2	O
)	O
will	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
on	O
July	O
13	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
on	O
July	O
14	O
to	O
fix	O
this	O
problem	O
.	O
</s>
