Japan to extend COVID-19 emergency through Sept. 30

Japan to extend COVID-19 emergency through Sept. 30

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga tells a COVID-19 government task force meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2021, that the government will extend a state of emergency in Tokyo and 18 other prefectures through Sept. 30 as hospitals remain under strain despite a falling number of infections.

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