TSUJI YUICHIRO    Department   Undergraduate School  , School of Law    Position   Professor
Date	2020/06/16
Presentation Theme	Japanese Government’s Actions Against COVID-19 under the Directives of Constitutional and Administrative Law
Conference	Law on the state of emergency
Promoters	School of Law, Vietnam National University, Hanoi Asian Law Centre, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
Conference Type	International
Presentation Type	Speech (General)
Contribution Type	Individual
Venue	Online
Details	This paper elucidates the actions of the Japanese government against COVID-19 during the first five months of 2020. On May 25, 2020, the government lifted the emergency declaration passed under the amended Influenza Special Measure Act (ISMA). This paper argues that the experience of Japanese government action is not unique, but similar to those of other countries. In February 2020, the Japanese government had passed ISMA against severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), not COVID-19. The Government hesitated to use ISMA against COVID-19 for political reasons. The government opened advisory boards and chose policy judgment. If a delay in governmental actions led to an increase in the number of serious patients, the governmental inaction was subjected to the State Redress Act and people will change the government in the next election.
URL for researchmap	https://law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/alc/news-and-events/law-on-the-state-of-emergency-online-conference#papers