State of emergency declared for Tokyo metropolitan area

State of emergency declared for Tokyo metropolitan area

People wearing face masks walk at JR Shinagawa Station in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2021. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency in the Tokyo metropolitan area the previous day due to a recent surge in coronavirus infections.

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