State of emergency declared for Tokyo metropolitan area

State of emergency declared for Tokyo metropolitan area

A street in the Kabukicho entertainment district of Tokyo's Shinjuku area is deserted on Jan. 7, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency the same day in Tokyo and adjacent Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama prefectures to fight a recent surge in coronavirus infections.

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