Bill to enable "declaration of emergency" to be passed on the 13th

Bill to enable `` declaration of emergency '' to be passed on March 13 15:04 on March 9

In preparation for the further spread of the new coronavirus, a bill enabling an "Emergency Declaration" was passed by the House of Councilors plenary session this week and is expected to be passed.

In preparation for the further spread of the new coronavirus, the Cabinet decided on October 10 a bill that allows the Prime Minister to make a `` declaration of emergency '' and request and direct local governments to refrain from going out and close schools. I will submit it to the Diet.

The LDP's Chairman of the Diet's Suematsu House of Representatives, and the Constitutional Democratic Party's Shiba Upper House's Diet's chairman met on the 9th in the Diet on September 9, and discussed the agenda at the Upper House.

As a result, Mr. Suematsu said that the bill passed the House of Representatives on the 12th of this week, was deliberated by the Cabinet Committee of the Upper House, and agreed to adopt it at the plenary session on the following day.