アイルランド発（datelined Ireland）： 'short' state of emergency in Tokyo
２０２１年４月２４日（Sat.）15:00UP ： アイルランドが日本でのことを報じています。（ニュースソース： RTE ４月２３日発 ）
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Japan declares 'short' state of emergency in Tokyo
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Questions are again being raised about the summer Olympic games in Tokyo
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A 'short and powerful' state of emergency has been declared for Tokyo due to the on-going Covid-19 crisis, three months before the Olympic games are due to be held there.
The government has ordered restaurants, bars and karaoke parlours serving alcohol to close, and big sporting events to be held without spectators from 25 April to 11 May.
"We absolutely have to limit the movement of people, and we have to do it decisively. We need powerful, short and focused measures," Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said, asking people to remember the lockdowns of last spring and stay at home.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Japan would take measures to ensure it could safely hold the Olympics this summer.
The pandemic has sharpened focus on whether the Games can or should go ahead.
Earlier today Australia's diving team said it was "not safe" to travel to Japan as they withdrew from a test event due to start in May, while yesterday saw the first case of Covid-19 from the nationwide Olympic torch relay.
"It is feared that contagion in major cities will spread across the whole country if we take no measures," Suga said.
The state of emergency - a third round for Japan that also includes Kyoto and Hyogo - will cover nearly a quarter of the population and last through the looming "Golden Week" holidays, dealing another blow to the tourism and services industries.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said the government would ask for illuminations and neon signs to be turned off.
"It will be dark at night," she told a news conference, and asked non-residents to refrain from entering Tokyo if possible.
Japan has avoided an explosive spread of the pandemic experienced by many countries. There have been about 550,000 cases and 9,761 deaths, significantly lower numbers than in other large economies.
However the latest rise in infections has stoked alarm, with a surge in a mutant variant and a critical shortage of medical staff and hospital beds in some areas. Japan's vaccination drive remains sluggish.
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原文の最終行には日本のワクチン行政は遅いことが述べられています。
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思うに、日本国内のワクチン接種だけ見ても、６月段階でも全体の２０％ぐらいではないでしょうか。その状態で７月の五輪を迎えるのはムリと言うものです。
さらには、世界情勢を想定してみて下さい。安全と言える国は、恐らく片手にも満たないのではないでしょうか。
実に、この国の政治は・政権与党は、信頼出来ないことを露呈してしまっていると、情けなく感じています。野党はもっと情報や意見を発信せよ‼️ 何も聞こえてこないゾ‼️
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