Japan set to extend emergency for a month
A man wearing a mask walking past an office building in Shinjuku district, Tokyo, Japan Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is seeking an extension of the nationwide state of emergency to contain Covid-19. – EPA pic, May 3, 2020.
JAPAN’S Prime Minister Abe Shinzo said on Friday the government would plan for an approximately month-long extension of a state of emergency declared over the coronavirus pandemic. Abe put in place an initial month-long state of emergency for seven regions on April 7, later expanding it to cover the entire country.
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