TOKYO -- The state of emergency expected to be declared Thursday for Tokyo and neighboring areas is likely to last for some time based on the Japanese government's criteria for ending its decree.
New cases in virus-stricken capital are more than double a key threshold
People walk past at a Japanese izakaya pub alley amid the coronavirus outbreak in Tokyo. © Reuters
TOKYO -- The state of emergency expected to be declared Thursday for Tokyo and neighboring areas is likely to last for some time based on the Japanese government's criteria for ending its decree.