Government admits restrictions that had been due to end on 11 May have failed to stop rising infections
Japan has extended a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and three other areas until at least the end of the month in an attempt to arrest a surge in cases less than 80 days before the start of the Olympics.
The prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, said the measures would remain in place in the capital, Osaka prefecture, and the neighbouring prefectures of Hyogo and Kyoto, the Kyodo news agency reported. Similar measures will be introduced in Fukuoka and Aichi prefectures, it added.
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