THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 7, 2021 at 18:57 JST
Yasutoshi Nishimura, the state minister in charge of the government effort to deal with the novel coronavirus pandemic, reports on the state of emergency declaration at the session of the Lower House Rules and Administration Committee on Jan. 7. (Kotaro Ebara)
With record-breaking numbers of new COVID-19 cases being reported in Tokyo and neighboring prefectures, the government on Jan. 7 declared a state of emergency, the second in 10 months. [Read More]
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