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Japanese PM Lifts State of Emergency in Most Areas

TEHRAN (defapress) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lifted a state of emergency across a large part of the country on Thursday.
News ID: 81101
Publish Date: 14May 2020 - 15:41

Japanese PM Lifts State of Emergency in Most AreasAbe announced the lifting of the emergency in 39 of Japan’s 47 prefectures, as the country strives to balance the damage to the economy from prolonged shutdowns and the need to stem the spread of the coronavirus, Reuters reported.

But he said the biggest urban centers of Tokyo and Osaka will remain under restrictions until there is a convincing containment of the new coronavirus.

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