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Tug of war over halting alcohol sales in Okinawa delayed emergency declaration
May 22, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki is seen announcing the local coronavirus response following confirmation Okinawa Prefecture had been added to the areas under a COVID-19 state of emergency declaration, on May 21, 2021, at prefectural government headquarters in Naha. (Mainichi/Nozomu Takeuchi) On May 21, the Japanese government decided to add Okinawa Prefecture to the areas under the coronavirus state of emergency declaration following a request from the prefecture. The two sides had been exchanging views over whether to allow restaurants to serve alcohol in Japan s southernmost prefecture, but local infections rapidly spread further, and the central government decided that leaving the prefecture under quasi-emergency measures would not solve the issue.