Mr. X, our deep throat in the Japanese INTEL world, just informed me kindly that Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe will eventually make up his mind tomorrow (6 April, 2020 (JST)) to release an emergency declaration against COVID-19. If it’ll be the case, major cities in Japan, particularly Tokyo, will be “locked down” so that the on-going spread of the infectious disease will be effectively stopped.
The point is ONLY Shinzo Abe is both legally and politically entitled to make the ultimate decision. Well, let’s see. Stay tuned.
(*For those who wanna get informed of much more related detail of this issue and other future trends in the market and global community: Check out my latest voice report (released on 3 April, 2020) with this URL (Unfortunately only in Japanese)
音声レポート「週刊・原田武夫」最新号(2020年4月3日号)はこちらをクリックしてお聞きください(日本語のみ))
Seemed to be quite obvious this was called for as soon as community spread was noticed. I’ve been wondering if the delay is due to some squabble between Abe and Koike.