The Tokyo Games are only ten weeks away, but much of Japan remains under a state of emergency to combat a rise in COVID-19 cases and a slow vaccine rollout.
Citizens are calling for the Games to be canceled, with some protesting in Tokyo’s streets.⬇️ insider.com/japanese-call-…
Citizens are calling for the Games to be canceled, with some protesting in Tokyo’s streets.⬇️ insider.com/japanese-call-…
Support from the Japanese people for the Games is waning, as some 370,000 people and counting have signed a Change.org petition asking their government to cancel the Games. insider.com/petition-to-ca…
Some have even taken to Tokyo’s streets, holding rallies, chanting slogans, and waving placards, asking for the government to “put people’s lives ahead of the Games.” insider.com/japan-protests…
A recent opinion poll by @asahi showed that 83% of the 1,500 surveyed said the Games should be postponed or scrapped entirely.
73% said they were “unconvinced” by the Japanese prime minister's remarks to “safely and securely” hold the Olympics. insider.com/japanese-call-…
73% said they were “unconvinced” by the Japanese prime minister's remarks to “safely and securely” hold the Olympics. insider.com/japanese-call-…
.@Reuters reported on a poll published in Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper on May 10, that said 60% of those surveyed wanted the Games to be called off.
Thousands of Japanese doctors also banned together, urging the government to postpone or cancel the Games. insider.com/japanese-docto…
Thousands of Japanese doctors also banned together, urging the government to postpone or cancel the Games. insider.com/japanese-docto…
The state of emergency declared in April covered Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo,Kyoto, and the Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures. On Sunday, it was extended again to include the Hokkaido, Okayama, and Hiroshima prefectures.
It will remain in effect until May 31.
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It will remain in effect until May 31.
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According to @nytimes, Japan has logged as many as 6,000 daily cases — up from 1,000 daily in March.
Also kneecapping Japan’s Olympic plans is its painstakingly slow vaccine rollout. insider.com/japanese-call-…
Also kneecapping Japan’s Olympic plans is its painstakingly slow vaccine rollout. insider.com/japanese-call-…
Despite new stocks of the vaccine making its way to Japan, a report from @japantimes noted that tens of millions of COVID vaccines were sitting in unused freezers as local municipal governments struggle with the rollout. insider.com/japanese-call-…
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga softened his stance on the Olympics last week amid a surge in new cases COVID cases, saying that he has “never put the Olympics first.”
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📣 Do you think the Tokyo Olympics should go ahead this summer? insider.com/japanese-call-…
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