The Japanese government announced its readiness for early withdrawal in five regions, including Tokyo, a state of emergency, which can be cancelled 25 may. The removal of restrictions, without waiting for the previously set date is may 31, will be possible thanks to the achieved victory over the pandemic. The number of people infected in Tokyo a few days in a row is very small. However, despite the phenomenal results achieved by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the opposition demands his resignation. The occasion was the scandal with the public Prosecutor in Tokyo, who secretly broke the self-isolation and gambled with journalists of leading mass media in the country banned the gambling game Mahjong.”Road map” of withdrawal in the Japanese capital of the state of emergency, which is expected to begin Monday, announced at a press conference on Friday, the Governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike. “The number of new infections is reduced, and I want us to come to a quiet life. Our goal is to achieve effective prevention and restoring the social and economic activities,” said Ms. Koike.Until recently the situation with the pandemic in the Tokyo metropolis remained one of the most disadvantaged among the 47 Japanese prefectures, the vast majority of whom entered in April, the regime’s self-imposed isolation was lifted early.So, on may 21 about the exit from the state of emergency imposed by the government of Shinzo Abe to may 31, announced the three Western regions — prefectures of Kyoto, Osaka and Hyogo. Against this background, five areas, including Tokyo and most Northern Prefecture of Hokkaido became the “last Bastion” of coronavirus.However, released at the end of last week the data of the Ministry of health of Japan showed that the Japanese capital city is already out of the “red zone”: the number of new cases of infection within a few days in a row is very small, not exceeding three or four occasions. Recall that the population with the status of Metropolitan districts of Tokyo, the largest city in the world, more than 38 million people.”This is the lowest figure we achieved primarily thanks to the responsible approach of residents and the inconvenience of isolation for which they volunteered. I want to thank them for it,”— said the Governor of Tokyo. Throughout Japan with a population of 126.5 million over the past days the number of new infections per day does not exceed 25 people.”Road map” of the city authorities to transition to that state of life to which in Japan have coined the term “new everyday life”, based on five principles.They include the requirement of self-discipline that have proven effective during the term of the emergency, minimizing the risk of contamination by adhering to hygiene, respect for social distance and the readiness of the authorities and society to recognize the realities of the “new everyday”, and together to respond quickly to the threat of the second wave of the pandemic in the event of its occurrence.Promulgated by the Governor of Tokyo’s plan at the first stage provides for the reopening of schools, museums, the increase in bars and restaurants, which will now not open until eight, and ten in the evening. In the second stage must re-open kindergartens, theatres, venues for events in which can participate not more than 100 people. And finally, the last step will resume the theaters, gaming and entertainment centers, including a popular slot machine halls Pachinko. At this stage the restaurant business and the entertainment industry will be open until midnight, and only fans sing karaoke at night clubs have to wait for individual permission.Giving his understanding of the pandemic and waiting for Japan, “the new everyday”, the world famous Japanese writer Haruki Murakami expressed the opinion that “the fight against the virus is the confrontation between good and evil, friends and enemies, this is a test for us as we are able, collecting his wisdom, to co-operate with each other”. In the issue of its author’s transfer on “Tokyo-FM”, which he led out of his apartment, Mr. Murakami said that for him personally the “new everyday life” began with found deep in the Desk fountain pens, which he filled with ink and began to write the characters. “Try to create a list of small changes in your life. Maybe become visible and large-scale changes”,— has philosophically noticed classic.Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun / the AFPМежду among those who were not ready “to live according to Murakami,” was the Prosecutor of Tokyo hiromu Kurokawa and his friends — journalists from leading Japanese media Sankei and Asahi.A scandal in Tokyo, overshadowed by the victory over the pandemic that broke out after the media leaked details of secret meetings between Mr. Kurokawa with three capital reporters, held in the period of the mode-isolation — 1 and may 13. As it turned out, the Prosecutor of Tokyo and his friends gathered in the apartment of the journalist of Sankei playing for money is illegal in Japan game Mahjong. In this game, using dice, which, according to legend, was invented by Confucius, involved four people.Closely associated with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the main contender for an expiring this summer, attorney General of Japan, hiromu Kurokawa was forced to resign. To mitigate the scandal, his resignation was filed and the justice Minister Masako Mori, the readiness to bear responsibility for the actions of his subordinate.In the Wake of the scandal, the opposition began to demand the resignation of the Prime Minister Abe. According to a survey of gas��s Mainichi, may 6 if Shinzo Abe trusted 40% of Japanese, after the scandal has broken the law and ethical standards of the Tokyo Prosecutor, the level of confidence the Prime Minister is just 27%. However, the winning coronavirus Shinzo Abe the resignation of the Minister of justice did not accept and said that he’s not going anywhere.Sergey Strokan
