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A state of emergency in Japan is set to continue until just weeks before the Olympics, as COVID-19 cases there remain high.
The Japanese government on Friday announced it would extend the state of emergency in Tokyo and eight other prefectures until June 20,
The New York Times reports. Japan has been experiencing a fourth wave of COVID-19, reporting over 4,000 infections a day, although the number of new cases has been in decline The newly reported cases are on a downward trend, but they are still at a high level, government minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said, per the