national

Tokyo extends event cancellations, facility closures to May 6

14 Comments

The requested article has expired, and is no longer available. Any related articles, and user comments are shown below.

© KYODO

©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.

14 Comments
Login to comment

good call, Tokyo.

-2 ( +1 / -3 )

closures of public facilities including zoos and museums

Hmm... there might not emerge crowds or clusters out there. Zoos are open-air spaces while people rarely speak loudly inside museums.

Meanwhile (although in private sectors beyond government controls) pachinko parlours and nightlife businesses still remain near free of restrictions. They are very risky areas of the virus transmission, as have already demonstrated in Tokyo and Osaka.

1 ( +3 / -2 )

500 cases in a city with a population of over 9 million. Yeah. That's a real crisis.

-2 ( +4 / -6 )

500 cases in a city with a population of over 9 million. Yeah. That's a real crisis.

Yeah right now it isn't. But supposedly every infected person infects 2 other people. And so on and so on. So it has the real potential to become a crisis quickly.

1 ( +3 / -2 )

So in Tokyo, attending public events, zoos and museums is not safe, attending school if you are over 15 is not safe, attending an international school in Tokyo at any age is not safe, but attending public schools if you are under 15 is perfectly safe?

My children’s school announced this week that they will re-open as normal on April 6th. Should I let my kids attend?

0 ( +0 / -0 )

""Now is the time to stick to things. With the collective efforts of our entire government and a sense of crisis, let's stamp out (this virus) as soon as possible.... ummm... except school! Parents are really on my backside about getting the kids out of the house and for some free babysitting. So, we know the school rooms are packed and kids constantly come into contact with each other, so it would spread there rampantly and the kids would bring it back home, but hey... there will be an election before long and I gotta think about how to get votes -- err... about the 'welfare' of constituents. Also, let's not stamp it out at all on the overcrowded trains. Companies are people, too, and their health is every bit as important, if not far more so, to my re-election -- err... the health and well-being of the nation. But, please... no socializing; no parties, no events. We must all 'gaman'. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm having lunch with a couple of friends."

-2 ( +0 / -2 )

Ignorance is breeding fear-more testing and tracing otherwise nobody knows where the virus actually is...

-2 ( +0 / -2 )

Aaand yeah... my kids not going now, even if her school is open. If a zoo isn't safe, certainly a school isn't safe?

1 ( +1 / -0 )

The govts are repsonsible for allowing this disaster to unfold, take them ALL to task , every govt that allowed this virus to spread by continuing to allow people to travel from infected countries.

This is completely unacceptable from any government !

0 ( +0 / -0 )

@YeahRight

500 cases in a city with a population of over 9 million. Yeah. That's a real crisis.

...said USA a couple of weeks ago.

2 ( +2 / -0 )

500 cases in a city with a population of over 9 million.

1 person can infect 2.5 people very easily, do the math

the US, 15 said to be 0, turned into 120000 within a matter of weeks.

Japan could turn sth real quickly, yet we still have all these people that think the virus is being overstated.

Viruses love ignorance and time

0 ( +0 / -0 )

Login to leave a comment

Facebook users

Use your Facebook account to login or register with JapanToday. By doing so, you will also receive an email inviting you to receive our news alerts.

Facebook Connect

Login with your JapanToday account

User registration

Articles, Offers & Useful Resources

A mix of what's trending on our other sites