Japan set to extend virus emergency

Updated May 7 2021 - 1:49pm, first published 1:44pm
Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura says new COVID case numbers in Tokyo and Osaka are still high.
Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura says new COVID case numbers in Tokyo and Osaka are still high.

Japan's government is set to extend a state of emergency in Tokyo and three other areas by about three weeks until the end of May to curb a surge in novel coronavirus cases just months before the start of the Tokyo Olympics.

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