“Kariyushi Cabinet Meeting” cancelled over coronavirus concerns, Okinawa to hold off on sending annual gift
Prime Ministers Shinzo Abe (third from the left) with his cabinet at a cabinet meeting dressed in his Kariyushi shirt – June 4, 2019 at the prime minister’s office (Photograph provided by the Cabinet Office)
May 28, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo – The Japanese government decided to cancel an annual cabinet meeting where the cabinet members all wear Kariyushi shirts in what has been dubbed the “Kariyushi Cabinet Meeting” May 27.
This year’s meeting was cancelled both due to the effects the coronavirus itself, as well as a notification sent my Okinawa Prefecture to the prime minister that they will not be able to send their annual gift of Kariyushi shirts as they try to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
The “Kariyushi Cabinet Meeting” took place even after the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, with all the cabinet members appearing in their colorful shirts.
(English translation by T&CT and Sam Grieb)
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