China News Service, January 8th. According to a report by the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), on the 7th, 7,570 new cases of new crowns were newly diagnosed across Japan, setting the highest number of daily increase in confirmed cases for 6 consecutive days.
In view of the severe epidemic situation, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared the country’s capital area into a state of emergency on the same day, and said: One month later, the situation will definitely improve.
Data map: Tokyo, Japan under the epidemic.
According to reports, among the newly confirmed cases that day, the three prefectures in the metropolitan area (Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa) accounted for more than half of Japan's total, reaching 4,036.
In addition, the epidemic situation in Osaka Prefecture (607 cases) and Aichi Prefecture (431 cases) is also serious.
According to reports, at present, the total number of confirmed cases nationwide in Japan has exceeded 267,000, with 3886 deaths.
In view of the current situation, the Japanese government has declared a state of emergency in the metropolitan area on January 7, and the implementation time is from January 8 to February 7.
Yoshihide Suga said that "the situation will definitely improve in one month," and called on the public to actively cooperate.
On the other hand, Osaka Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture have also requested the central government of Japan to join the state of emergency.
However, the Japanese government stated that it currently does not consider expanding the scope of the state of emergency and will continue to analyze and discuss the relevant situation.