Japan’s Abe likely to give cash payments as Covid-19 response
The Japanese leader is getting criticism for his slow response to the pandemic, and has expanded the country’s state of emergency
16 April 2020 - 17:58
Tokyo — Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo expanded a state of emergency to include the entire country on Thursday and said the government is considering cash payments for all in an effort to stem the coronavirus spread and cushion the economic downturn.
With more than 9,000 infections and nearly 200 deaths nationally, the government has declared an emergency in Tokyo and six areas including western Osaka, but other regions have sought to be added amid worries about the spreading virus...
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