Suga vows 1m vaccine shots a day as Japan extends COVID emergency

Nation juggles containing the virus and welcoming the Olympics in July

20210507 Suga Press Conference

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday. (Photo by Arisa Moriyama)  

MITSURU OBE and JADA NAGUMO, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga set a target of vaccinating 1 million people a day, as the country extended an emergency decree now in effect in Tokyo and three prefectures through May 31.

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