TOKYO -- Japan stepped up its campaign against the new coronavirus, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched a ministerial task force that paves the way for a possible declaration of a national state of emergency.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a government coronavirus task force meeting in Tokyo on Thursday. (Photo by Uichiro Kasai)
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