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TOKYO (AFP) - Japan will lift a virus state of emergency in the Tokyo area, the prime minister said on Wednesday (March 17), less than five months before the postponed Tokyo Olympics are due to begin. Mr Yoshihide Suga said the measure would not be extended past Sunday, when it is due to end, because indicators including daily new cases and hospital bed occupancy "pointed towards lifting the state of emergency". The official decision to end the state of emergency - which requires restaurants and bars to close by 8pm - will be made after talks with experts on Thursday,...
