TOKYO -- Anxious about the state of Japan's economy, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe huddled with cabinet members ahead of Monday's decision to lift the coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and four other regions.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a May 25 meeting of his government's coronavirus advisory panel with member Shigeru Omi, left, a former World Health Organization official. (Photo by Uichiro Kasai)
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