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Although the spread of the new corona virus did not stop, Prime Minister Yoshii Kan was cautious in reviewing the “GoTo Travel” tourism support project. Because it emphasizes economics, it has continued to dispense even when taking action. Amid growing public doubts about business continuity, trips to Tokyo and Nagoya were suspended until the 27th, but the national suspension will be after the 28th. Mail distribution does not change. (Shunsuke Shimizu)
◆ “Three weeks of play” that produced no results
“With more than 3,000 (new people infected), I thought it was time to take intensive measures during the end of the year and the New Years holidays, so I decided to stop.” On the night of the 14th, the prime minister cites an increase in the number of infected people as a reason for suspending reporters across the country.
On the 14th, as the “three weeks of the game” calling for cooperation from the people to control the infection was coming to an end, the prime minister finally announced a nationwide suspension, and government officials said: “All three Game weeks I didn’t get the results I expected. If I do, I will do it thoroughly. ”
◆ After hesitating to “remove Tokyo”
In addition to the end of the year and New Years suspension, the Prime Minister also announced a suspension of travel to Tokyo. The government subcommittee recommended a review of the “travel” business on November 20. The government was consistently cautious about taking Tokyo out of business, believing it would inevitably have a negative impact on the economy.
The only agreement the Prime Minister had in a meeting with Governor Yuriko Koike on 1 this month was to ask people 65 and older and people with underlying illnesses to refrain from using the service.
Tours to Tokyo will be suspended, but departures from Tokyo will not be suspended until the 27th. Although people are asked to refrain from doing so, the price of the trip will be discounted if Tokyo citizens use the business for about 10 days . A government official noted that “if you stop leaving Tokyo, which has a large population, the business will be meaningless.”
◆ “Public opinion” instead of “spread of infection”
The prime minister cited the spread of the infection as the reason for the nationwide suspension, but the view is that it was driven by public opinion. In recent media polls, there are many calls for the suspension of “trips”.
In the Kyodo News opinion poll for the 5th and 6th, 78.2% of those polled requested the suspension, including Tokyo, and the Cabinet approval rating dropped 12.7 points from the previous November. According to the Mainichi Shimbun national opinion poll (conducted on the 12th), the Cabinet approval rating was 40%, 17 points less than in the previous poll. The disapproval rate (49%) exceeded the support rate for the first time.
Regarding the prime minister, he denied that “it is not decided by a public opinion poll”, but a PLD official pointed out that “the approval rating has plummeted.”
