![]() Ji.": Jammu Schoolgirl's Video Request Goes Viral" title=""Please Modi- Ji.Nomura Research Institute executive economist Takahide Kiuchi said an extension of the states of emergency would mean the economy would likely contract in the current quarter, pushing it back into a recession.After Massive Protests, France's Pension Reform Law Faces Key Test Today Japan's latest emergency steps, unlike stricter measures in many countries, have focused mainly on asking eateries that serve alcohol to close and those that don't to shut down by 8 p.m. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 was shut down for a routine, planned maintenance on November 30, 2010, when all the fuel from the reactor (94. "It would give the impression that Japan is in such dire straits it cannot hold the Games." "The demerits would outweigh the merits," Liberal Democratic Party MP Hajime Funada told Reuters. That is a worry for Suga, whose support has slid over his handling of the response to COVID-19 and who faces a general election and a ruling party leadership race later this year.īut cancellation would carry its own political risk for the premier, some ruling party lawmakers said. Polls show a majority of Japanese want the Games, postponed last year due to COVID-19, either cancelled or put off again. No decision has been made yet on domestic fans and Tokyo 2020's Hashimoto said the situation regarding the state of emergency would need to be taken into account. International spectators will not be allowed for the Games but some 90,000 people including athletes and their delegations will be coming. Under the government's current plan, about 30% of the population would be vaccinated by the end of July, Nishimura said.Īfter meeting with Japanese officials on Thursday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen backed Tokyo's hosting of the Olympics and said the European Union had authorised the export to Japan of more than 100 million vaccine doses, enough to inoculate about 40% of the population. About 6% of its population has been vaccinated, according to Reuters data, the lowest among the world's larger, rich countries. Japan has recorded about 727,000 coronavirus infections and 12,597 deaths so far. ![]() "Let's beat up on the IOC, which denigrates Japan, and halt these crazy Olympics." "I want to say 'shut up'," said one Twitter user. Delegates must also be tested before and after arrival.Ĭomments by IOC officials appearing to dismiss Japanese concerns have sparked outrage on social media, including IOC'sBach telling an International Athletes Forum on Thursday: "Come with full confidence to Tokyo and get ready", calling Tokyo the "best prepared Olympic city ever". IOC President Thomas Bach has said 80% of the 10,500 athletes expected in Japan would be vaccinated and on Thursday urged Olympians to get their shots if they could. Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee President Seiko Hashimoto told a news conference she had received pledges from India - now battling a deadly second COVID-19 wave - and five other countries to vaccinate all their Olympic delegates as a measure against a new variant that has emerged in India. IOC's senior official John Coates, who oversees the preparations, said last week the Games were on whether or not the host city, Tokyo, is under a state of emergency at the time. Japanese officials, Olympics organisers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have said the Games would go ahead under strict virus-prevention measures. Worries about variants of the novel coronavirus and a slow vaccination drive have prompted urgent calls from doctors, some high-profile business executives, and hundreds of thousands of citizens to cancel the Olympic Games, due to start on July 23. ![]() The experts later approved the government proposal and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga officially announced the extensions. "In Osaka and Tokyo, the flow of people is starting to creep up, and there are concerns that infections will rise," Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who also heads the country's coronavirus countermeasures, said at the start of a meeting with experts. ![]() Japan has seen a record number of COVID-19 patients in critical condition in recent days, even as the number of new infections has slowed. The state of emergency in the capital and eight other prefectures had been scheduled to end on May 31, but strains on the medical system remain severe. TOKYO, May 28 (Reuters) - Japan on Friday extended a state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas by about three weeks to June 20 as the COVID-19 pandemic shows no signs of easing less than two months before the Summer Olympics open. ![]()
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