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Governor Yuriko Koike (center) of Tokyo entering the Prime Minister’s residence to meet Prime Minister Kan = 1st in Nagata-cho, Tokyo
Governor Yuriko Koike, who has been arguing that the government should make a decision on excluding the government’s “Go To Travel” tourism support project to and from Tokyo, met with Prime Minister Yoshii Kan on the 1st and discussed he turned around. Behind the demand to refrain from using the elderly, there is concern about the high number of people seriously ill due to the new corona virus and public opinion.
Koike has said: “It is a good idea for the country to make decisions from a national perspective” and has asked the government to make independent decisions. Originally, the government had a history of excluding Tokyo when the business started in July, but due to the worsening infection situation in November, the government asked the capital to decide whether to exclude it or not. From the perspective of the city, it seemed that criticism for stepping on the economy would be directed towards the city. “The country is pushing what they don’t want to do,” said a city executive.
However, there are no signs of improvement in the infection situation and the number of seriously ill patients is updated every day after the emergency declaration is lifted. The number reached 70 on November 30, and concerns about the medical system continued to grow. According to several city executives, he leaned towards the judgment that “the concerns of the citizens of the city are increasing. We cannot do anything. It is not the case when we are doing something like guilt.”
After meeting with Prime Minister Yoshii Suga on the 1st, Mr. Koike explained to the press that “it is a measure to prevent serious illness and not to get sick on your own.” However, it is not possible to predict how much may be suppressed by this response limited to older people. Cooperation between the government and the city is required to allay the concerns of city medical experts that “it will be extremely difficult to balance it with the normal medical system (due to the increase in the number of seriously ill people).” (Sadatoshi Ogura, Tadashi Okamoto, Hiroshi Matsuo)
