A video tweeted by the Aichi prefectural federation of unions for those in the medical and elderly care sectors (Yo Noguchi)
For medical care professionals working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, a request for 500 nurses to be on hand for the Tokyo Olympics this summer was the last straw.
The request to the Japanese Nursing Association (JNA) by the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee met with a swift response.
The Japan Federation of Medical Worker’s Unions (Iroren) released a statement April 30 demanding an immediate review of the request.
The Aichi prefectural federation of unions for those in the medical and elderly care sectors (Aichiken Iroren) tweeted its opposition to the request on April 26 and the hashtag had received more than 240,000 tweets by April 30.