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Japan Declares a State of Emergency

Laika

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
From the Guardian:

Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has declared a state of emergency to fight new coronavirus infections in major population centres.

He also unveiled a stimulus package he described as among the world’s biggest to soften the economic blow.

Abe announced the state of emergency targeting the capital Tokyo and six other prefectures – accounting for about 44% of Japan’s population – for a period of about one month.

“We have decided to declare a state of emergency because we’ve judged that a fast spread of the coronavirus nationwide would have an enormous impact on lives and the economy,” he told parliament earlier.

His cabinet will also finalise the stimulus package worth 108 trillion yen ($990 billion) – equal to 20% of Japan’s economic output – to cushion the impact of the epidemic on the world’s third-largest economy.

Coronavirus infections in Tokyo more than doubled to about 1,200 in the past week, with more than 80 new ones reported on Tuesday, accounting for the highest number in the country. Nationwide, cases have climbed past 4,000 with 93 deaths as of Monday.

The emergency gives governors the authority to call on people to stay at home and businesses to close. With no penalties for ignoring the requests in most cases, enforcement will rely more on peer pressure and respect for authority.

Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike said the city was in talks with the central government to decide what types of facilities it would ask to close or curtail business hours, while reiterating there would be no restrictions on buying groceries and medicine.

More details (from yesterday in the lead up to the declaration of emergency) here: Japan poised to declare state of emergency over coronavirus

Feel free to share your thoughts and add updates as this develops. :)
 

Terrywoodenpic

Oldest Heretic
Like in this country the old, sick and vulnerable are the most at risk,
this is a section of the population that I occupy.
It would indeed be a disaster for us.

However in terms of world population reduction it would be far from a long term disaster.
if one thinks about it dispassionately. it would if anything resolve a few issues that are all but uncontrollable in any other way.

Were the worlds non or less productive population reduce by 50% it would indeed be a horrendous situation in the short term, but it would resolve many long term and environmental and social issues.

The black death change the complete order of society in the Uk With entire villages abandoned and the old feudal system finally destroyed. surfs became free to sell their labour to whoever they wished. No longer occupied land became virtually worthless and taken over by one who was able to work it.
Skilled workers became masters of their own fortune.

I do not suppose for one minute that this Covid19 will be any worse than the Spanish Flue (which was far less selective in those it killed) but it could be more profound in the Social changes it brings about.

For those involved it is almost entirely bad, but for the future ... perhaps not so much.
 

Shadow Wolf

Certified People sTabber
Like in this country the old, sick and vulnerable are the most at risk,
this is a section of the population that I occupy.
It would indeed be a disaster for us.

However in terms of world population reduction it would be far from a long term disaster.
if one thinks about it dispassionately. it would if anything resolve a few issues that are all but uncontrollable in any other way.

Were the worlds non or less productive population reduce by 50% it would indeed be a horrendous situation in the short term, but it would resolve many long term and environmental and social issues.

The black death change the complete order of society in the Uk With entire villages abandoned and the old feudal system finally destroyed. surfs became free to sell their labour to whoever they wished. No longer occupied land became virtually worthless and taken over by one who was able to work it.
Skilled workers became masters of their own fortune.

I do not suppose for one minute that this Covid19 will be any worse than the Spanish Flue (which was far less selective in those it killed) but it could be more profound in the Social changes it brings about.

For those involved it is almost entirely bad, but for the future ... perhaps not so much.
I've wondered if this will be a wake up call that peope don't actually like to work most of the jobs out there, sometimes we just can't for whatever reason, but we know have technology capable of producing robots to do most of our work for us, and 3D printers to help make our situation even better. A post-jobs society is inevitable, industrial models are obsolete, and we're already discussing this and experimenting with ways to deal with and welcome this certain change. This could be a springboard to help us collectively realize we can and really need to automate work.
 
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