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Japan, where more than 4,000 confirmed cases are coming out a day, it has been decided to extend the corona emergency issued to Tokyo and some local governments. Amid high public opinion in Japan for dealing with the coronavirus, more than 200,000 people have agreed to sign an online request for cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics.



Correspondent Yoo Seong-jae reports.



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Japanese government has decided to extend the third corona emergency issued to four local governments, including Tokyo, until the 31st.



From the 25th of last month to the 11th of this month, the order was issued for the golden holiday, but as more than 4,000 infected people came out a day, it was judged that it was difficult to release.



In addition, an emergency situation was issued in Aichi and Fukuoka Prefecture to further expand the region.



Even in this emergency, the Japanese government has only repeated existing measures, such as closing restaurants and refraining from going out.



Prime Minister Suga gave a positive comment that the floating population has decreased, but



[Suga/Japanese Prime Minister (Yesterday): The floating population is undoubtedly declining. I think such an effect has begun to come out.]



During the holiday season, the city's floating population has more than doubled from last year's first emergency, and criticism is being raised over whether there is a problem with the Suga regime's judgment of the situation.



In the meantime, an elder lawyer who was running for the Tokyo governor's election agreed to over 200,000 people in just two days to sign an online petition for cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics.



[Utsunomiya/Attorney (sponsored by the signing campaign): We need to focus on current corona control measures, not to turn valuable medical resources to the Olympics.]



Even if the athletes are vaccinated, the spread of infection in the host city of Tokyo is inevitable. It is interpreted that the deep concern that it will be reflected in the signing participation.



(Video coverage: Han Cheol-min·Moon Hyun-jin, Video editing: Kim Ho-jin)