The declaration of a state of emergency is not nationwide.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to announce a state of emergency as soon as Tuesday in several parts of the country, including Tokyo, where coronavirus infections are spiking.
Other parts of the country are not affected. In February, the governor of northern Hokkaido announced a localised state of emergency as cases increased, but lifted the measure after several weeks.The state of emergency empowers governors in affected regions to call for restrictions on movement and commerce but offers little in the way of enforcement.
This could mean requiring landowners to turn over property to build temporary medical facilities, or businesses to free up space for housing patients. And a request from the Tokyo governor for people to stay home on weekends has also resulted in significantly quieter streets, even in the sunny final days of cherry blossom season.
"Our legal system is set up so that people as a whole unite and share the burden of preventing the spread of infection," rather than resorting to forcible measures, he said in parliament on Monday.
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