THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 19, 2021 at 18:40 JST
Commuters near JR Tokyo Station on Jan. 8, when the capital was under the second state of emergency (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Tokyo metropolitan government officials on April 19 initiated the process to ask the central government to declare a third state of emergency for the capital over the COVID-19 pandemic. [Read More]
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