China News Service, April 7th, according to Japanese media reports, in view of the rapid spread of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic in urban areas, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued an "emergency declaration" on the afternoon of the 7th. The target areas are Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama The prefecture, Kanagawa, Osaka, Hyogo, and Fukuoka prefectures will be implemented from April 8th to May 6th.
According to a previous report by the Kyodo News Agency in Japan, Abe said on the emergency statement of the House of Representatives ’operating committee that day,“ If the measures are effective, the number of new infections can be reduced to a level that can take countermeasures against clustered cases. The possibility of the formula increase will be reduced to a considerable extent ", calling on Japanese nationals to cooperate.