Japan is set to expand a state of emergency declared over the coronavirus pandemic to seven additional prefectures beyond the Tokyo metropolitan area amid a resurgence of infections in those regions, government officials said Tuesday.The seven are the prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Aichi, Gifu, Fukuoka and Tochigi, with the government set to include them in areas subject to the declaration on Wednesday.Government sources said earlier that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was planning to declare a new state of emergency in the three western Japan prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo -- Ja…READ FULL ARTICLE
