Workers prepare to close their restaurant for the day at 8 p.m. in Tokyo's Shimbashi area on Jan. 8, 2021. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency a day earlier for Tokyo and adjacent Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama prefectures to fight a recent surge in coronavirus infections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Tokyo and Shinjuku Ward officials hold signs urging people to go home and restaurants to close for the day in Tokyo's Shinjuku area on Jan. 8, 2021. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency a day earlier for Tokyo and adjacent Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama prefectures to fight a recent surge in coronavirus infections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
