When it comes to declaring a state of emergency, I think "martial law" should be on the menu.

If "martial law" were to be declared, of course there would have to be Self-Defense Forces personnel with tanks and small arms at the scramble intersections of Shinjuku and Shibuya, standing on their heads and glaring at the citizens on the street.

The Self-Defense Forces -- that would mean mobilizing security forces, however,

In Japan, there has never been a "security mobilization" actually issued.

In order for this to be triggered, it would have to be at a level where Otemachi is on fire or the SDF base is under missile attack.

This is not a card that the Cabinet can easily play.

"I don't know if I can mobilize security for an infectious disease"

I think that.

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When people on the street talk about "loosening up" in interviews, I feel somewhat uncomfortable.

In the first place, I think the people at the TV station are interviewing the wrong people, and I think the people being interviewed are nonsense.

For me, I would run away immediately if this kind of interview approached me.

If I don't run away and answer...

"Yes! I'm loose. That's why I'm here. You don't have to ask me any lame questions either!

I will respond as such. And I'm ready to appear in the evening news footage, have my name and address exposed, and go to the flames.

I mean, if they're going to interview someone, it's me, I think, who spends more than 15 hours a day doing simulations and coding on my PC at home.

In my family, I am the only one who can comment that things are loosening up or that things are not loosening up.

(To be continued)