Japan's fight against COVID-19

Japan's fight against COVID-19

People wearing face masks walk on a shopping street in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 1, 2021. The Japanese government is set to allow Osaka, Hyogo and Miyagi prefectures to take stricter anti-coronavirus measures under a revised law that took effect in February as they have been hit by a resurgence in new infections.

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