THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 17, 2021 at 19:05 JST
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike speaks about the novel coronavirus situation in the capital at a news conference on Aug. 12. Next to her is Norio Omagari, director of the Disease Control and Prevention Center under the National Center for Global Health and Medicine. (Rihito Karube)
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