By DAI NAGATA/ Staff Writer
July 30, 2021 at 14:10 JST
The governors of Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures hold a teleconference with Yasutoshi Nishimura, minister in charge of the government’s novel coronavirus measures, on July 29. (Provided by the Kanagawa prefectural government)
The government on July 30 decided to place Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa and Osaka prefectures under a state of emergency from Aug. 2 to Aug. 31 following the record-setting spread of the novel coronavirus. [Read More]
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