Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday declared a state of emergency to fight new coronavirus infections in major population centres and unveiled a stimulus package he described as among the world’s biggest to soften the economic blow.
The state of emergency, giving authorities more power to press people to stay at home and businesses to close, will last through May 6 and be imposed in the capital, Tokyo, and six other prefectures – Osaka, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Hyogo and Fukuoka – accounting for about 44 per cent of Japan’s population. Read More…
