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Coronavirus pandemic: Japans widens state of emergency as virus surges

FRANCE24, 12 Jan 2021
#Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide #Suga told a meeting of ruling party executives on Tuesday he would declare a state of #emergency for the three western prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo to stem the spread of #Covid-19, Kyodo news reported. FRANCE 24's Michael Penn tells us more.

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