THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 9, 2021 at 18:45 JST
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks at a Sept. 9 government task force meeting where the decision was made to extend the COVID-19 state of emergency until Sept. 30. (Koichi Ueda)
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s administration gave its final approval on Sept. 9 for extending the current state of emergency declared over the latest phase of the novel coronavirus pandemic. [Read More]
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