The ruling and opposition parties of Japan agreed on Tuesday to reduce the salaries of members of both houses of Parliament by 20% in solidarity with the citizens of the country experiencing falling revenues due to the spread of the novel coronavirus. This measure will operate throughout the year, reported the news Agency Kyodo.
After consultations between the parties the bill will be promptly submitted for approval to the Parliament.
The members of both houses in a month get 1 million 294 thousand yen (almost $12 thousand) each. The funds obtained by cutting the salaries of parliamentarians, will go to compensation and benefits in connection with the losses from various constraints related to the spread of infection. Similar measures have already been made in Japan after 2011 the North-East of its main island of Honshu suffered seriously from the tsunami and the nuclear accident "Fukushima-1".
In Tokyo and other six prefectures of the country since April 8, there is a regime of the emergency situation (es). In this area closed many places of entertainment, bars, other places where people gather. These lists are determined by the governors of prefectures, and the conditions for executing emergency mode differ depending on the area. The authorities urge the population not to leave the house unnecessarily, but the system throughput and other stringent restrictions not yet introduced.
The total number of identified cases of infection with coronavirus in Japan to date has exceeded 8.4 thousand, including passengers and crew members of American cruise ship Diamond Princess, which was a month in quarantine at the port of Yokohama. Died in 158 patients with coronavirus.
