China News Service, March 5th. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), the Japanese government plans to officially extend the state of emergency in the metropolitan area from March 5 to March 21. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga plans to hold a press release that night. The press conference will explain the details.
Data map: Japan under the epidemic.
According to reports, the state of emergency in the Japanese metropolitan area was originally planned to expire on March 7, but in view of the epidemic situation, the Japanese government believes it is necessary to extend it by two weeks.
Yoshihide Suga stated on March 4, "Although the time has come for relief, bed tension is still severe. If there are two more weeks, I think the situation can be greatly improved."
According to reports, the Japanese government plans to hold a meeting of the epidemic response headquarters at 8 pm local time on March 5 and announces an extension of the state of emergency.
After that, Yoshihide Suga will hold a press conference at 9 o'clock that night. At the meeting, he plans to elaborate on the extension of the state of emergency and calls on the public to continue to adhere to the anti-epidemic rules such as non-essential non-going out and online office work.