After her meeting with Abe, Koike renewed her campaign pledge to set up a Tokyo version of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, by learning from its example and cooperating with the Japanese health ministry and other experts. The idea, she told a news conference later Monday, is not to establish a new organization in a new building but to establish a system aimed at strengthening coordination among infections diseases experts, medical doctors, hospitals and other officials, while cooperating internationally, both in case of emergency and at ordinary times. She also tried to gain public understanding for a simpler version of the Tokyo Olympics after the games were postponed to next year because of the virus. Koike only told reporters officials are still discussing details of the simplified games, cost and coronavirus measures. Japanese public broadcaster NHK said its exit polls showed that 74% of respondents supported Koike, with 63% saying they approved of her handling of the coronavirus crisis.

Source: Daily Sun July 06, 2020 05:48 UTC