THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 6, 2021 at 19:09 JST
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike holds a video conference on May 6 with her counterparts from the neighboring prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba. (Rihito Karube)
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