Tamayo Marukawa, the state minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympics, responds to a question from Renho, an Upper House member of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, at the Upper House Budget Committee session on May 10. (Koichi Ueda)
Foreign media coming to cover the Tokyo Olympics this summer will be on a short leash with no chance to wander outside the bubble without permission, according to the state minister in charge of the Games.
At the Upper House Budget Committee session on May 10, Tamayo Marukawa categorically denied the possibility of foreign reporters wandering outside designated secure areas without restrictions in relation to measures to prevent novel coronavirus infections from spreading.
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The state of emergency for Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures imposed over the COVID-19 pandemic will be lifted as scheduled on March 21, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on March 17.
Suga discussed lifting the state of emergency with Norihisa Tamura, the health minister, and Yasutoshi Nishimura, the state minister in charge of economic revitalization who also heads the central government’s efforts in dealing with COVID-19, according to several government sources.
Suga stated his decision to lift the state of emergency during that meeting on March 17, which followed a session of the health ministry s panel of experts.
Suga said that a final decision will be made on March 18 after the meeting of an expert panel.