THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 19, 2021 at 19:10 JST
Tsutenkaku Tower in Osaka's Naniwa Ward is illuminated in red on April 7 as novel coronavirus infections continue to surge in Osaka Prefecture. (Tatsuo Kanai)
OSAKA--Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura announced on April 19 that he will ask the central government to declare a state of emergency for his prefecture to combat the alarming surge in new COVID-19 cases. [Read More]
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