martes, 7 de abril de 2020


De: Japan Update: Nikkei Asian Review


Asunto: State of emergency - Japan Update

Japan Update

April 7, 2020

Five things to know 

about Japan's 

emergency declaration

TOKYO -- Prime Minister Shinzo 
Abe is expected to declare a 
state of emergency Tuesday 
covering Japan's three most 
populous cities until May 6.

The government's move in

 response to the coronavirus 
pandemic will impose lighter 
limits on the public's activity
 compared with the far-reaching 
and restrictive lockdowns 
in Italy, the U.S. and other
 countries.

So what will Japan's state

 of emergency look like? 
Here are five things to know.

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