Tokyo to exit COVID-19 state of emergency, 1 month before Olympics

The Japanese government decided Thursday to lift the COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo and eight other prefectures, while keeping some restrictions amid concern about a rebound in infections with a little more than a month until the Tokyo Olympics.In addition to the capital, the state of emergency will end on Sunday in Hokkaido, Aichi, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Okayama, Hiroshima and Fukuoka.Okinawa will be the only prefecture to remain under the state of emergency until July 11 as its hospitals remain strained by the surge in COVID-19 patients.The move comes as infections are declining natio…READ FULL ARTICLE