The government had hoped a "short and powerful" state of emergency would contain a fourth wave of infection, but new cases in the capital Tokyo and second-city Osaka are still at high levels, said economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who is also in charge of pandemic measures.
The panel later approved the extension plan, Nishimura said. Formal government approval is set for later in the day, with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga giving a news conference at 7 p.m. . Nishimura said the government aims to place Aichi prefecture to the west of Tokyo and Fukuoka prefecture in the southwest under a state of emergency - joining Tokyo and Osaka, Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures, home to nearly a quarter of the population.
But other requests will be loosened, Nishimura said. Commercial facilities such as shopping malls, for instance, will be asked to shorten opening hours rather than close completely - though he noted that Tokyo and Osaka would make their own decisions based on local conditions.
While fuking (R) states remove COVID unemployment benefits.
Wow. The olympics are coming up.
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