An-Najah News - Japaness  government official said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will change a draft supplementary budget to include cash payouts for everyone while preparing to extend a state of emergency beyond major cities to the entire nation.
 
The government has declared an emergency in Tokyo and six other areas including Osaka, with more than 9,000 infections nationally and nearly 200 deaths.

Still some way short of a lockdown, the state of emergency introduced on April 7, and imposed for a month, gave authorities more power to press people to stay at home and businesses to close. It currently covers about 44% of Japan’s population.

The country was preparing to expand the emergency nationwide amid pressure on Abe to do more amid perceptions his response to the virus in general has been too little, too late.