Japan to ease lockdown ahead of Olympics

By Mari Yamaguchi
Updated June 17 2021 - 4:19pm, first published 4:16pm
Japan is expected to relax its COVID state of emergency as the Olympic Games approaches.
Japan is expected to relax its COVID state of emergency as the Olympic Games approaches.

Japan is set to announce a decision to ease a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and six other areas this weekend, with new daily cases falling as the country begins making final preparations for the Olympics starting in little more than a month.

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