China News Service, May 1. According to Kyodo News Agency, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told the media on May 1 that in light of the recommendations of the meeting of government experts, he will decide to extend the emergency declaration on the 4th.
In a bank in Tokyo, Japan, workers wearing masks communicate with bank tellers through plastic sheets.
In addition, Shinzo Abe issued an instruction to the Minister of Economic Regeneration, Kang Min, Nishimura on the same day, requesting a one-month extension of the national emergency declaration as the main countermeasure.
As of 18:00 local time on May 1st, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Japan reached 14,516.