Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga delivers a policy speech during an ordinary Diet session at the upper house of parliament in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021.
Early in the pandemic, Japan was able to keep its virus caseload manageable with non-binding requests for businesses to close or operate with social distancing and for people to stay home. But recent weeks have seen several highs in new cases per day, in part blamed on eased attitudes toward the anti-virus measures, and doubts are growing as more contagious variants spread while people wait for vaccines and the Olympics draw closer.
Suga also said in his speech, just two days ahead of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, that he hoped to meet the new American leader soon to further strengthen the Japan-U.S. alliance and to cooperate on the pandemic, climate change and other key issues. The state of emergency — covering more than half of Japan’s 127 million people — asks bars and restaurants to close by 8 p.m., employees to have 70% of their staff work from home and residents to avoid leaving home for nonessential purposes. It’s set to end Feb. 7 but could be extended.
...while in the US, his proclamation would be derided as irresponsible & COVID denial.
Based Japan not letting Chinas Attacks slow them down, what a great example of a country. Europe should take notes of Japan and try and be more like them
Dumb
Yikes...just saying
Just wait until 2022 and shift everything back 2 years for the upcoming ones.
That’s the Kamikaze spirit!! I die and you die with me!
Japan may have it fully solved in time. Not every other country will.
I say just move it to 2024. No one will complain. Cc: Olympics
not holding my breath, but wish them the best!! just hope they put lives before money and let everything else fall into place. priorities people!
Is Goku still the mascot? He's probably the best modern paragon of competition.
Just do it in 2022 you bell.
Could someone be interested in them ?!?
Why politicians be promising stuff they been failing up to that point? Tf kind of weight does this empty BS hold? I mean, when you see you ain't got nothing in the fridge, you gonna keep opening it just to make sure?
There is no possible way to have the Olympics this year. Covid is still out of control worldwide and shows no signs of slowing down.
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Not happening.
The Olympics should be postponed by a year and to protect his own country he should be the first one pushing for it.
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