The four opposition parties, including the Constitutional Democratic Party and the Communist Party , held a meeting with the chairman of the National Assembly Countermeasures Committee on the 20th, and agreed to make a motion to reorganize the third supplementary budget for this year to counter the new coronavirus infection .

It turned out that the staff of Shizuoka City Shizuoka Hospital was not disclosed while being infected with the new coronavirus . The hospital explained, "I didn't want to give the patient anxiety."

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on the morning of the 18th that the first ordinary session of the Diet will be convened on this day, saying, "I am proposing a budget and law.

On the 14th, the Social Democratic Party decided to introduce a quota system that allocates women to party leaders and candidates for national elections at a certain rate.

In a quarter of a century since the implementation of the House of Representatives single-member constituency system, policy management led by the Prime Minister's Office has progressed.

Saga Prefecture held a meeting of the countermeasures headquarters for the new coronavirus on the morning of the 13th . Governor Yoshinori Yamaguchi called it "mostly from Fukuoka" and called for refraining from unnecessary and unurgent traffic to and from Fukuoka Prefecture , while 32 people were confirmed to be infected the day before .

Fukushima City in the new coronavirus response to the spread of infection, for "emergency alert" city own seeking, such as going out refrain from nonessential to the citizens, the city is 11 days, announced that it will end the same day.

The Nippon Ishin no Kai has fought three House of Representatives elections in the past, including the former Ishin no Kai, which was led by the former Mayor of Osaka, Toru Hashimoto, but the number of seats won has decreased in the last two times.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on the morning of the 8th that he would like to overcome the difficult situation with the cooperation of the people, based on the fact that he declared a state of emergency in 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures in the metropolitan area due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.

An advisory board made up of infectious disease experts started on the morning of the 7th to issue a state of emergency based on the Act on Special Measures for Coronavirus Diseases in the four metropolitan prefectures .

On the 5th, the government's Coronavirus Infection Control Subcommittee stated that the state of emergency should be issued as soon as possible, and throughout the period of the declaration, "(the infection situation is the second most serious) Stage 3 We have published a proposal calling for "lowering to a considerable extent".

At a press conference on the 4th, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced that he would consider issuing a state of emergency due to the spread of the new coronavirus, and complained about the "insufficient measures" in the Tokyo metropolitan area.