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Japan Expands Virus Emergency to Cover 60% of Economy
- Seven additional prefectures to be added to emergency zones
- Osaka-area prefectures are among the regions added to list
A person wearing a protective mask walks past closed restaurants in the Shibuya district of Tokyo.
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Japan expanded its state of emergency beyond the Tokyo region to encompass the country’s other main economic hubs including Osaka, as it battles to contain a record surge in coronavirus cases.
The government is adding seven more prefectures to the existing emergency declaration, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told his virus task force on Wednesday.