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situation in Japan is also serious. Today (2nd), more than 100 people have been confirmed in the capital city of Tokyo. In particular, infection continues to spread around the nightlife.

I am a correspondent to Yoo Sung-jae, Tokyo.

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Tokyo, Japan, 107 additional coronaviruses were identified today.

It is only two months since May 2 that the number of confirmed people in Tokyo exceeded 100 people a day.

The number of new infected people in Tokyo has continued to reach over 50 in the past week.

Nearly half of these are entertainment workers and users of entertainment districts such as Shinjuku and Ikebukuro, mostly young people in their 20s and 30s.

The number of people in Tokyo increased as the results of the preemptive infection test were conducted for entertainment industry officials, and appealed to refrain from going out late at night.

[Koike/Tokyo Governor: I would like you to refrain from going out of the downtown area at night. What I specifically ask you to do is to pay attention to “nighttime attention.”]

Tokyo's nightlife infections are spreading to nearby municipalities such as Kanagawa and Saitama.


The Japanese government is hesitant to re-issue the corona emergency that was lifted at the end of May, despite being alert.

It seems to be concerned that the game that has just begun to move down again.

[Minister Suga/Japan: I don't think it's in a situation where we will immediately issue an emergency declaration again.]

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(Video coverage: Chulmin Han, Video editing: Hojin Kim)