By YUSUKE MORISHITA/ Staff Writer
January 9, 2021 at 18:35 JST
Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura speaks with reporters. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The governors of Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures asked that their jurisdictions also be covered by the state of emergency declared Jan. 7 for Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures.
The governors held a video conference on Jan. 9 with Yasutoshi Nishimura, the state minister for economic revitalization who also is in charge of dealing with the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Nishimura said after the meeting that he shared their concerns about the serious nature of the situation in the three western Japan prefectures.
However, he remained cautious about whether a state of emergency was needed in that region.
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