Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday the COVID-19 state of emergency covering the Tokyo metropolitan region should be extended again, by about two weeks, as the situation has not improved sufficiently to end it on the weekend as scheduled.Pandemic measures are at a "crucial turning point," Suga told reporters, adding another extension following one last month was "necessary to protect lives and livelihoods."Suga said after meeting with members of his Cabinet including health minister Norihisa Tamura and Yasutoshi Nishimura, the minister in charge of Japan's coronavirus response, he …READ FULL ARTICLE
