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Abe says he'll declare emergency, but won't lock down Japan's cities
TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to declare a state of emergency in seven prefectures and announce a record economic stimulus package.
Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Osaka, Hyogo and Fukuoka prefectures will be covered by the decree which will start at midnight April 8 and is expected to stay until May 6.
The key purpose of the declaration is to "reduce people to people contact as much as possible and to prepare medical facilities," Abe said Monday. "We want people to refrain from going out as much as possible." But the Japanese leader said the measures would not amount to a lockdown.
"Even though we will declare a state of emergency, we will not lock cities down and I do not think it is necessary," Abe told reporters in Tokyo before a meeting of the government's chinavirus task force. "We will ramp up our effort to maintain economic activities as possible as well as preventing the further spread of the virus."
Tokyo stocks opened sharply higher on Tuesday following Abe's announcement. The Nikkei Stock Average was 2.8% higher in morning trading at 19,094.54 points.
It has dropped back below it's neckline at this point: 18,554.22 -22.08 -0.12%
In his announcement Abe said the government would also approve a 108 trillion yen (about $1 trillion) stimulus package. This includes 6 trillion yen in cash payments to households and small and medium enterprises, and a 26 trillion yen for a moratorium on tax payments and social insurance premiums.
"After taking the enormous impact on economy into consideration, we have decided to take 108 trillion yen stimulus measures, which is equal to 20% of GDP," he said. "I request those who live in the subject areas to stay calm and will request your further cooperation to prevent the spread of the virus."
Tokyo recorded 143 new infections on Sunday, a daily record that lifted the city's total to more than 1,000. Over 3,500 cases have been recorded nationally, with 73 deaths.
Based on a recently amended law, the declaration will give local authorities the legal power to request the public to stay home, and ask schools and businesses to close. The public will be asked to refrain from going outside except for grocery shopping and limited other tasks.
The declaration will lack the legal authority for Japan to impose the kind of lockdowns seen in other countries, but governments will be allowed to call for closures of schools, malls and movie theaters, as well as for the cancellations of events where large groups of people gather.
The constitution, which bows to civil liberties, does not permit the government to demand that individuals stay home.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Abe-says-he-ll-declare-emergency-but-won-t-lock-down-Japan-s-cities
it's actually hilarious that some think he is /ourguy.
Nothing could be farther from the truth. All you have to do is look up IndyMac bank being sucked into the FRB and the assets he and his partners got to populate OneWest bank. That is just for starters. His father…I could go on.
laughable
I'm not a close-minded person anon and do not assume that. However if you play the game and benefit in such a large and spectacular way as he did and does the window for any type of forgiveness shrinks moar and moar. Now having said this and allowing a shred of that attitude of giving someone a break to enter into this..where do you draw the line?
the entire MERS settlement let OneWest and several others off the hook. I still have the docs proving what they did with Deutsche Bank (via an FOIA request from the FRB-and that was shut down very quick!) and the trust that housed the mortgage and title and it proves they bifurcated them and sent the title one way and the mortgage the other.
>. I suspect people like you will inevitably be disappointed far beyond what you thought possible.
Now you are just being a douche. Understand people and backgrounds..you obviously don't with this one.
if it wasn't for the memefags I would not have half the arsenal of memes to work with-not a graphics person but was once. Am eternally grateful to all of you for that.
you know.
The kicker was the loan transferred out of the trust was signed by the infamous Linda Greene..fast forward to 2016 -the close out docs when it was sold was signed by….Larry Greene. Can't make this shit up even if you tried. Hoping at some point those will be useful but not holding my breath.
>Not even half of the people you consider to be saints are anything near.
You have no idea whom I consider what you call saints are..newsflash! there are none and the longer you think there are to save you the moar detached from reality or what really goes on you become
>What the fuck kind of world do you live in, anon?…
one that deals in reality..not a scripted version of it. Now run along as I've no time for someone who wants to tell me what my opinion should be about anything
We resoundingly disagree on this matter…accept that and move on.
change your panty's and get over it. The "I'm gonna tell you what it's all about" 'ain't working
GFY
Thanks edgelord. Some of us been doing this prior to 2000
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