Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Japanese PM not yet considering COVID-19 state of emergency for Tokyo

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TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday said a state of emergency for Tokyo was not considered over a surge in COVID-19 cases at the moment as the Omicron variant of the virus continued to wreak havoc. The hospitalization rate in Tokyo of those with COVID-19 is moving towards the 50 percent threshold … Read more