Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Yoshihide Suga said the measure would not be extended past Sunday. — Reuters picTOKYO, March 17 — Japan will lift a virus state of emergency in the Tokyo area, the prime minister said today, less than five months before the postponed Tokyo Olympics are due to begin.
The official decision to end the state of emergency—which requests restaurants and bars to close by 8:00 pm—will be made after talks with experts on Thursday, Suga said. The state of emergency in Tokyo and neighbouring Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures was extended in early March, with Suga urging the public to avoid eating in large groups at cherry-blossom parties to stop a rebound in infections.
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