Karaoke warning in Tokyo amid calls for Covid-19 state of emergency in Japan www.theguardian.com

“It’s not true that the government is planning on declaring a state of emergency from April 1,” Suga said.
Nishimura said he did not believe Japan had reached the point where a state of emergency was necessary.
Coronavirus outliers: four nations with very different approaches to the crisis Read moreBut the governor of Osaka, which has the second-highest number of cases nationwide, joined calls for a state of emergency declaration.
“The central government has said Japan is barely holding up, so the declaration needs to be made,” said Hirofumi Yoshimura.
Japan has tightened travel restrictions amid a rise in imported cases among travellers returning from overseas.