2020.04.27 22:10Nation

罰則付き法改正も検討　休業要請応じなければ―西村経済再生相

　西村康稔経済再生担当相は２７日の記者会見で、新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大防止に向け、改正新型インフルエンザ対策特別措置法４５条に基づく休業要請・指示に応じない店舗などが相次いだ場合、罰則を伴うより強い指示を可能とする法改正を検討する考えを示した。
　西村氏は、店名を公表されながら営業を続けるパチンコ店について「逆に人が集まる状態と聞いている」と指摘。「従わない施設が多数発生する場合、罰則を伴う法整備を検討せざるを得なくなる」と語った。今国会で法改正を検討するかは「状況を見て適切に判断したい」と述べた。（2020/04/27-22:10）

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2020.04.27 22:10Nation

Japan May Impose Legal Punishment over Biz Shutdown Requests

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The Japanese government may consider revising a special law for the fight against the novel coronavirus to impose punishment on businesses defying shutdown requests under the law, economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura has said.
   Nishimura, at a press conference on Monday, referred to pachinko pinball parlors refusing to close even after their names were announced.
   The minister said the name-and-shame approach seems to be having opposite effects, with people flocking to these pachinko parlors.
   "We would have no choice but to consider legislation with punitive provisions if many facilities refuse to follow (shutdown requests)," he said.

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