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Japanese government has issued a corona emergency to four metropolitan local governments, including Tokyo.
The Tokyo Olympics are scheduled for July, and I am worried that it will be held normally.
This is Yoo Seong-jae's correspondent from Tokyo.
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area in which the Japanese government has declared an emergency is Tokyo and the surrounding three prefectures, for a month from today (8th) to the 7th of next month.
[Suga/Japanese Prime Minister: In order to stop further infection spread and to reduce infections, we have decided to declare an emergency.]
Residents are asked to refrain from going out after 8 pm, and restaurants and karaoke bars are also closed at night. We decided to advance by 2 hours to 8 o'clock.
Businesses with shortened sales are paid 60,000 yen a day and about 620,000 won in our money.
However, unlike the first emergency last year, there is no request to close schools, and there are concerns that it is a non-stop measure as it has decided to limit only the number of large-scale events such as sports events.
In the midst of this, over 2,400 new confirmed cases came out in Tokyo yesterday.
Experts are analyzing that the number of new infections per day in Tokyo will not fall below 1,000 after a month if the movement between regions is not more actively prevented.
In an interview with the Japanese media, Dick Pound, a member of the International Olympic Committee, said in an interview with the Japanese media that the event should be decided by May or June.