A sign asking people to take anti-coronavirus measures is pictured on Feb. 2, 2021, at a shopping arcade in Gifu, which is almost empty as Japan extends the coronavirus state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka and other regions, including the central Japan city, by one month to March 7 in view of a surge in serious patients at manpower-strapped hospitals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A woman wearing a face mask walks in Osaka's Minami area on Feb. 2, 2021. Japan extended the coronavirus state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka and other regions the same day by one month to March 7 in view of manpower-strapped hospitals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
