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Japan lifts coronavirus state of emergency in most regions: PM Abe

Shinzo Abe declared the partial lifting of emergency in a nationally televised news conference.

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TOKYO: Japan's prime minister on Thursday lifted for most of the country a state of emergency imposed to tackle the coronavirus, but kept it in place for Tokyo and Osaka.

"Today we decided to lift the state of emergency in 39 (out of 47) prefectures," Shinzo Abe said in a nationally televised news conference.

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