THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 18, 2021 at 18:43 JST
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, left, and Yasutoshi Nishimura, the state minister in charge of dealing with the novel coronavirus pandemic, attend the March 18 session of the Lower House Rules and Administration Committee to report that the state of emergency for the Tokyo area will lifted on March 21. (Kotaro Ebara)
Health experts warned the government about a potential rebound in new novel coronavirus infections in the greater Tokyo metropolitan area, but officials continued pushing forward with formalities to lift the state of emergency. [Read More]
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