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Ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, the Japanese government has decided to increase the number of corona emergency areas further. This is because the virus is now spreading from large cities to provinces, and the Japanese doctor's union has officially requested the government to cancel the Olympics.



This is Yoo Seong-jae, Tokyo correspondent



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regions where the Japanese government has decided to issue additional corona emergencies by the end of this month are Hokkaido, Okayama and Hiroshima Prefectures.



In Hokkaido, after the Golden Holiday at the beginning of this month, the number of infections increased explosively, mainly in Sapporo, and the increase in infections in western Japan is also evident.



The Japanese government initially reviewed the application of pre-emergency pre-emergency pre-emergency precautionary measures in these areas, but yesterday (13th), with nearly 7,000 confirmed cases across Japan, the policy was urgently changed to an emergency.



[Suga/Japanese Prime Minister: We took the opinions of experts and decided to add them to the emergency declaration.] The



skepticism about the Tokyo Olympics, which is just 70 days ahead, is also growing.



The Japanese medical union officially requested the government to cancel the Olympics, saying that there is a possibility of a new mutant virus coming out on the occasion of the Olympics.



[Ueyama/Representative of the Japanese doctor's union: The infection is spreading in Japan, but there is no such thing as calling players from all over the world. It's too irresponsible.]



However, Prime Minister Suga is not willing to hold the Olympics.



[Morita/Former Governor of Chiba Prefecture (Yesterday): (To the Prime Minister) I asked'Is it the Olympics?' and said'I will do it.' That's what the Prime Minister thinks.] As the



metropolitan local

governments

all expressed discomfort with the organizing committee's request to secure a hospital bed exclusively for the Olympics, concerns about the enforcement of the event are increasing.



(Video coverage: Moon Hyun-jin, video editing: Kim Ho-jin)