"Provide Without Profit" Son Jeong-ui Supports Medical Supplies to Japanese Local Governments
Son Jeong-ui "Emergency procurement of 100,000 units of medical face shields, glasses, etc."
76.2% of Japanese voters negatively evaluate the Japanese government's plan to distribute 1,000 masks
On the 18th (local time), Masayoshi Son, Chairman of SoftBank, announced that he would support Japanese local governments with medical supplies. / Photo by Twitter Capture
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Seunggon Han, Intern Reporter Juhyung Lim] As the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) spreads in Japan, some local governments have requested medical supplies support from Masayoshi Son (Son Masayoshi in Japanese), chairman of SoftBank.
On the 18th (local time), Son posted on his Twitter, "We might be able to urgently procure medical face shields and medical goggles in units of 100,000," adding, "Does anyone know who is lacking and by how much? Medical masks such as N95 will also be procured next month."
After the post was made, some local governments requested support from Chairman Son. When Hirofumi Yoshimura, governor of Osaka Prefecture, asked on Twitter, "It would be great if Osaka Prefecture could purchase them," Son replied, "Understood. Once medical masks, face shields, etc. arrive, I will respond promptly. Let's work together to fight COVID-19."
Hideaki Omura, governor of Aichi Prefecture, also requested, "Could we purchase medical equipment?" Son responded, "I will provide medical N95 masks, surgical masks, medical goggles, face shields, etc. without making a profit."
Earlier last month, the Japanese government announced that to solve the mask shortage problem, it would purchase cloth masks in bulk and distribute two masks to each of the 50 million households nationwide. However, controversy arose when defective products were found, such as about 1,900 of the cloth masks provided to 80 local governments by the government as of the 17th being contaminated with foreign substances.
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According to a public opinion poll conducted by the Japanese media 'Kyodo News' from the 10th to the 13th targeting Japanese voters, 76.2% of respondents evaluated the government's cloth mask distribution policy negatively.
Meanwhile, last month, Chairman Son expressed his intention to provide an opportunity for 1 million people to be tested for COVID-19 infection, but after receiving criticism from some netizens that it would cause confusion in medical institutions, he withdrew the plan.
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