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Prime Minister Kan responding to a journalist’s interview = 16, at the prime minister’s official residence
On the 16th, Prime Minister Yoshii Suga responded to a question from a journalist at the official residence about the government’s countermeasures against the new corona virus. On the night of the 14th, immediately after announcing the national suspension of the “Go To Travel” tourism support project, the Prime Minister had a dinner with about eight people, including LDP Secretary General Toshihiro Nikai. The government’s new coronavirus infection control subcommittee has called for a small number of people to eat, and the prime minister said he “seriously regrets the meal on the 14th in the sense that it is misleading to the public.”
The prime minister also explained that “there was sufficient distance from other people.” On the night of the 14th, the Prime Minister dined at a meat shop in Tokyo at a “New Years Eve party” attended by Nikai, the president of the professional baseball softbank Wang Sadaharu, the actor Ryotaro Sugi, the political critic Minoru Morita and the talent Mino Monta. Before that, we had a chat with several managers in a hotel banquet hall in Tokyo.
In October, a government subcommission warned that “eating and drinking by 5 or more people increases the risk of contagion,” and on the 11th of this month the New Year’s Eve party and New Year’s party will be held “with a reduced number of people who are usually together. ” I made a suggestion. In the area equivalent to Stage 3, where the number of infected people is increasing rapidly, we request that a large number of New Year’s Eve parties be forgotten.
◆ Is it okay to have a dinner for 5 or more people? The Prime Minister’s attitude when questioned
Regarding the Prime Minister’s dinner, in the Cabinet Committee of the House of Representatives on the 16th, Mr. Yasutoshi Nishimura, Minister of Economic Revitalization, explained: “There are several situations. It is important to fully implement prevention measures of infections “. Kensuke Onishi of the Constitutional Democratic Party criticized the inconsistent response, saying: “It is as if five or more people could eat together if action is taken.”
Natsuo Yamaguchi, the representative of the Komei Party, complained at a press conference on the 15th: “There is a certain message for the people. Please consider it in future with careful consideration.”
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was Mr. Suga’s predecessor, abstained from dinner for about three months starting in mid-March, when the corona infection spread rapidly.
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Prime Minister Kan went out to dinner twice after a question with the press that day. The number of attendees announced was less than four. (Kazuki Murakami)
