THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 10, 2021 at 19:20 JST
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Shigeru Omi, right, chief of the government’s expert panel on anti-coronavirus measures, hold a news conference at the prime minister’s office on Sept. 9. (Pool)
The government extended its COVID-19 state of emergency for Tokyo and 18 other prefectures on Sept. 9 until Sept. 30, while adopting new guidelines relaxing the requirements for lifting it, which it aims to do three weeks later. [Read More]
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