TOKYO, May 25 — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said today that Japan will lift a state of emergency for Tokyo and four remaining areas later in the day but that it could be reimposed if the pace of infections picked up. Social distancing curbs were loosened for most of the country on May 14...
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wearing a protective mask enters a venue for his news conference in Tokyo, Japan May 25, 2020. — Reuters pic
Abe also told a news conference that the total amount of stimulus from two economic packages would exceed ¥200 trillion but it would still take considerable time to get back to normal life while controlling infection risks. “While the emergency state will be lifted, it is important to expand economic activity in stages as we establish a new way of living,” Yasutoshi Nishimura said. He added that the head of the advisory panel had recommended close monitoring of Tokyo, Kanagawa and Hokkaido prefectures, where cases had fluctuated.
A government task force was set to convene following Abe’s new conference, and the lifting state of emergency would take effect after that meeting. The combined stimulus would bring the total spending in response to the pandemic to about 40 per cent of Japan’s gross domestic product.
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