UPDATED. 'As I decided that a situation feared to gravely affect people's lives and the economy has occurred...I am declaring a state of emergency,' says Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
SHINZO ABE. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a press conference at the 8th trilateral leaders' meeting between China, South Korea and Japan in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province on December 24, 2019. File photo by Wange Zhao/AFPJapan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
on Tuesday, April 7, declared a monthlong state of emergency in Tokyo and 6 other parts of the country over a spike in coronavirus cases. "As I decided that a situation feared to gravely affect people's lives and the economy has occurred...I am declaring a state of emergency," Abe said. The measure falls short of the strict lockdowns seen in other parts of the world but empowers local governors to urge people to stay inside and to call for businesses to close.
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