That's according to Japanese leader Yoshihide Suga on Monday, As the country faces record numbers of new cases, the number of people going out in the Tokyo area didn't go down in December.

這是日本領導人菅義偉週一的說法，由於日本面臨創紀錄的新病例，12月東京地區外出人數並沒有減少。

Neither is that the number of cases over the New Year holiday.

也不是說過年過節的案件數量。

I'm very concerned with these rising case numbers and felt the need to send out a stronger message.

我非常關注這些不斷上升的案件數量，覺得有必要發出更強烈的資訊。

Japan saw 4500 cases on December 31st, a record for the country, and almost half were in the greater Tokyo area.

日本在12月31日出現了4500例，創下了日本的記錄，而且有近一半是在大東京地區。

While it's seen nearly a quarter of a million cases, Japan's never gone under a rigid locked down seen elsewhere.

雖然它看到了近25萬個案例，但日本從來沒有在其他地方看到的剛性鎖定下。

Instead, the prime minister before Saga Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency last spring that shut down schools and non essential businesses for over a month.

相反，佐賀之前的首相安倍晉三在去年春天宣佈進入緊急狀態，關閉學校和非必要的企業一個多月。

Since then, Japan's largely relied on voluntary closings to combat the virus.

此後，日本主要靠自願關門來對抗病毒。

It's uncertain what a new emergency declaration would look like.

目前還不確定新的緊急聲明會是什麼樣子。

Saga has so far resisted any drastic steps to restrict economic activity, although case numbers in Japan are low relative to countries in the West.

雖然日本的案件數量相對於西方國家來說較少，但佐賀至今仍抵制任何限制經濟活動的激烈措施。

Sudha also faces the challenge of hosting the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

蘇達還面臨著在東京舉辦夏季奧運會的挑戰。

On Monday, he again pledged to host the games and said vaccines will likely be rolled out by the end of February, House on yet.

週一，他再次承諾舉辦遊戲，並表示疫苗將可能在2月底之前推出，眾議院在尚未。