Japan set to declare state of emergency

By Linda Sieg and Chang-Ran Kim
Updated April 6 2020 - 7:23pm, first published 7:17pm
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to declare a national state of emergency.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to declare a national state of emergency.

Japan is to declare a state of emergency in Tokyo and six other prefectures as early as Tuesday in a bid to stop the coronavirus, the prime minister says, with the government preparing a stimulus package to soften the economic blow.

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