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Osaka governor s loose benchmarks for demanding end to state of emergency spark outcry
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Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura announces benchmarks for requesting an end to the state of emergency at the start of a meeting of Osaka Prefecture s coronavirus countermeasures headquarters, on Feb. 1, 2021. (Mainichi/Tadashi Kako)
OSAKA Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura is facing resistance from some of his own top bureaucrats over the prefecture s new benchmarks for demanding the central government end the current coronavirus sate of emergency, while health experts are warning that lifting the emergency too soon could allow infections to resurge.
The Osaka Prefectural Government set the new standards as the national government was moving to extend the emergency declaration for 10 prefectures including Osaka and Tokyo. However, the standards were drawn up in a rush under the direction of Gov. Yoshimura, who is known for gi ....

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