THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 26, 2021 at 18:55 JST
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, left, attends a news conference with Shigeru Omi, chairman of the government's pandemic advisory panel, at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Aug. 25. (Pool photo via AP)
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga decided to add eight more prefectures to the state of emergency list on Aug. 25, but also said that he has “begun to clearly see light” at the end of the tunnel in Japan's battle against COVID-19. [Read More]
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