REUTERS
April 23, 2021 at 16:25 JST
Yasutoshi Nishimura, the state minister in charge of economic revitalization and the central government’s handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic, speaks at a meeting with a panel of experts on April 23. (The Asahi Shimbun)
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