Japan to expand virus emergency to cover Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo

Japan will decide this week to expand a state of emergency declared over the coronavirus pandemic to Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures, government and ruling party sources said Monday.The governors of the three western prefectures had asked the central government to extend the state of emergency, which took effect Friday for the Tokyo region, to their areas in response to a resurgence of the virus.The expansion will be decided possibly on Wednesday, the sources said.Meanwhile, Aichi and Gifu prefectures in central Japan will also make a similar request together, their governors said.Over 4…READ FULL ARTICLE