COVIDiaries Japan

Tokyo is reporting another record number of confirmations, 78, a day after posting a significant drop.

Elected officias and medical associations are asking the Abe administration to invoke the recently enacted law granting the prime minister declaration of emergency powers, but the government has yet to do so.

The law does not permit the government to enforce measures to limit movement, however, so it remains to be seen how effective the declaration would be to halt the spread of the virus.