小池都知事、施設公表の適用要望　西村再生相「指針示す」―新型コロナ

　新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大防止について、東京都の小池百合子知事は２２日夜、西村康稔経済再生担当相と内閣府で会談し、休業要請に応じない事業者の公表に向け、改正新型インフルエンザ対策特別措置法に基づくより強い措置の適用を認めるよう求めた。西村氏は「２３日にも自治体にガイドライン（指針）を示したい」との考えを伝えた。

　現在の休業要請は同法２４条に基づき、事業者に「必要な協力」を求めることができる緩やかな措置。要請に応じないパチンコ店などがあるため、小池氏は施設の使用制限や停止を指示でき、事業者名の公表も可能となる同法４５条の適用を西村氏に要望した。（2020/04/22-22:25）

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on Wednesday called for the application of a stronger special law clause to enable the disclosure of the names of businesses failing to accept requests by the metropolitan government and authorities of other Japanese prefectures for temporary closures amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
   The existing business suspension requests by local governments are based on the special law's Article 24, which allows them to only ask business operators for "necessary cooperation" in the fight against the coronavirus.
   At a meeting with Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura on the day, Koike sought to use the law's more powerful Article 45, which enables authorities to urge businesses to restrict or stop the use of their facilities and to unveil the names of businesses that do not follow the requests for suspending operations.
   The Tokyo governor made the plea to the minister as some businesses in the Japanese capital and other places, such as pachinko pinball parlors, remain open despite the temporary closure requests.
   The special law, which was enacted in 2012 for the original purpose of combating new influenza, was amended last month to cover the novel coronavirus as well. Based on the revised law, the central government declared a state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic on April 7 for Tokyo and six other prefectures with spikes in infection cases, and expanded it to cover the entire nation last week.