THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 24, 2020 at 14:30 JST
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike attends a task force meeting formed by the Tokyo metropolitan government to tackle new coronavirus infections in the capital on March 23. (Rei Kishitsu)
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