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Blog: Social impact issues2021.04.29

The longer the COVID converges, the higher the tax burden

In April 2020, a state of emergency was announced on  April 7 in Japan, while the Unite Kingdom, New York, and the Philippines locked down. Lockdown is a blockade of a city and movement across cities is prohibited. On the other hand, Japan issued a state of emergency and requested not to go out unnecessarily. This is a request from the government and the capital, and the scope of action is left to the discretion of each individuals, whether it is unnecessary to go out or move across prefectures. How is the Japanese lifestyle changed over the past year? What is certain, the coronavirus variants has appeared and the number of patients increase again. Following April last year and January 2021, the third declaration was issued. 

   This state of emergency is based on special measures for new Influenza A (H1N1) pdm. A state of emergency can be enforced under Japanese law, and lockdown is not possible. The coronavirus pandemic needs to end quickly. However, under current domestic law, the government does not suddenly lock down or impose penalties for unnecessarily and urgent go out. As a matter of fact, the infection spreads and we live at the risk of coronavirus. More and more people are losing their jobs due to the prolonged corona. Suicide owing to financial reasons, loneliness, and lost is also increasing. If the subsidy is paid for a long period of time, it is certain that a larger tax burden will be awaited after the corona converges.  Looking to the future, the longer the corona converges, the heavier the burden on the citizens. There is a big problem in the current direction of the Japanese government.

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