Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura indicated Monday he intends to ask the central government to declare a fresh state of emergency in Osaka Prefecture amid a resurgence of novel coronavirus cases.Tokyo is also considering making such a request to the government as early as this week, sources close to the matter said, just one month after the previous state of emergency was lifted. The metropolitan government may ask for closures of some businesses to contain the virus, according to the sources.Osaka's decision to request a declaration, which would entail stronger anti-virus measures such as stor…READ FULL ARTICLE
