Governor Yuriko Koike of Tokyo and Motohiro Ohno of Saitama Prefecture held an emergency meeting at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in the early morning of the 7th to discuss how to respond to the issuance of an emergency declaration based on the New Measures Law. Corona Virus Specials. After the hour-long meeting, Mr. Koike said: “Before the announcement, we had a discussion in one city and three prefectures to take action when the infection was spreading.” He has expressed his intention to hold an extraordinary press conference.

Local government officials in the metropolitan area suggested that the issue was responding to government policies. Koike said the government would summarize the coping policy, including the scope of the permit request, and Prime Minister Yoshii Suga announced on the 7th, “mainly eating and drinking, refraining from going out at night and slowing down the flow of people. It is more important than anything else. Since 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures are connected, we will work together. “

On the other hand, Mr. Ohno said about the content of the discussion: “In issuing the statement, we discussed the public relations method to convey one voice (one voice) such as one city and three prefectures.” During the meeting, he also revealed that he had a phone conversation with Governor Yuji Kuroiwa of Kanagawa Prefecture.

The prefectures of Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa are subject to the emergency declaration. (Joint)