TOKYO - Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday the government plans to end the COVID-19 state of emergency covering the Tokyo metropolitan area on Sunday as planned, having deemed another extension unnecessary as infections have declined from their peak and the strain on hospitals has eased.
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