The government confirmed it will lift the COVID-19 state of emergency early for six prefectures, but the four Tokyo-area prefectures will have to wait until the March 7 deadline.
“We will lift the state of emergency for six prefectures as of Feb. 28,” Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said at a government task force meeting on the evening of Feb. 26.
The number of novel coronavirus infections confirmed in Japan from July to September was four times higher than the figure for March to May, but the death rate from COVID-19 has dropped significantly.
The Independent Investigation Commission on the Japanese Government’s Response to COVID-19”, established by Tokyo-based think tank “Asia Pacific Initiative (API)”, has led an investigation into the Japanese government’s response to COVID-19. A book containing the investigation’s results, “The Independent Investigation Commission on the Japanese Government’s Response to COVID-19: Report on Best Practices and Lessons Learned”, will be published
More than 50,000 people in Japan have tested positive for COVID-19 to date. Many have recovered, but others have lingering symptoms and face social stigma several months after being given the all-clear.
The number of COVID-19-related deaths in Japan so far in August has already surpassed the number for all of July, showing a marked increase at the start of the month as coronavirus cases surge.
After a barrage of criticism at home and abroad, the government will allow foreign nationals who are stuck overseas to re-enter Japan, a step toward gradually reopening the border during the new coronavirus pandemic.
Despite her repeated pleas, a German woman remained stuck in Kyushu while her father was dying in her home country. Even after he died at the age of 76 on June 3, his 44-year-old daughter didn’t dare leave Japan to attend his funeral. “I had to give up on the idea of going to Germany after considering the risk of not being able to return to Japan,” she said.
Des débats ont éclaté au sein du gouvernement japonais à propos de la fermeture des frontières du pays et de l’ouverture sélective actuellement en discussion.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike dismissed criticism that she had prematurely lifted the “alert” for COVID-19 infections after the number of new cases continued to surge in the capital.
Tokyo — Finance Minister Taro Aso said Thursday that Japan’s relatively low mortality rate from the new coronavirus reflects the country’s higher “level of social manners.”
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the government’s decision to lift Japan’s remaining state of emergency over the new coronavirus in Tokyo, Hokkaido and three prefectures neighboring the capital at a news conference on May 25.
After losing his job due to the novel coronavirus outbreak and all hopes of living in Japan, a 24-year-old male Vietnamese national has taken temporary refuge at a temple here.
The health ministry on May 8 loosened its guidelines on criteria for individuals applying for the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test to determine if they are infected by the novel coronavirus.
Il tire la sonnette d’alarme face aux enseignes tentées d’augmenter le prix des masques chirurgicaux en contexte de pénurie. Il a rendu publique le nom du 4e entreprise qui recevait des commandes de masques distribués par le gouvernement.
