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Tokyo State Of Emergency Could Be Extended By 2 Weeks: TV Asahi

JAPAN PRESS

TV Asahi reporting that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is planning to extend the current COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo and three surrounding prefectures by two weeks due to a marked slowdown in the decline of new cases in the region.

  • Comes after Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike requested an extension of the provisions beyond the initial 7 March deadline for the end of all state of emergency restrictions nationwide.
  • Earlier in the day reports emerged from Mainichi that the gov't is planning to hold this summer's Olympic Games without foreign spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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