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| Above, the Asahi Beer Hall in Tokyo. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
If Tokyo is going to host the postponed summer Olympics this year, they are going to have to get a handle on the coronavirus outbreaks.
The government is under fire for "inaction" by critics.
According to Reuters:
TOKYO (Reuters) - Public health experts advising Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga called on Tuesday for the swift imposition of a state of emergency in the Tokyo area as daily COVID-19 cases hit a record and some citizens accused the government of dragging its feet.
The government’s top spokesman, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, said a decision would likely come on Thursday on whether to impose the second state of emergency since the start of the pandemic.
Japanese media said it would take effect by Friday and last about a month. The government is anxious about the economic impact of another state of emergency as it prepares to host the Olympics in the summer.
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