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COVID-19 emergency planned in 7 more prefectures

Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who is also in charge of the country's coronavirus response, speaks during a COVID-19 expert panel meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2021. Nishimura explained to the meeting the government's plan to declare a COVID-19 state of emergency in seven more prefectures in addition to Tokyo and five other areas.

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Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura talks in a meeting with National Institute of Infectious Diseases chief Takaji Wakita, chair of a government panel on the coranavirus pandemic, at the institute's Toyama facility in Tokyo on May 24, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura (back, 2nd from R) and National Institute of Infectious Diseases chief Takaji Wakita (front row, 3rd from L), chair of a government panel on the coranavirus pandemic, attend a meeting at the institute's Toyama facility in Tokyo on May 24, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases chief Takaji Wakita, chair of a government panel on the coranavirus pandemic, talks in a meeting with Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura at the institute's Toyama facility in Tokyo on May 24, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo