THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 16, 2020 at 18:53 JST
Yasutoshi Nishimura, left, state minister in charge of responses to the new coronavirus pandemic, and tourism minister Kazuyoshi Akaba speak to reporters after a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on July 16. (Takeshi Iwashita)
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