TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government announced Tuesday that the coronavirus state of emergency will end this week to help rejuvenate the economy as infections slow. Government officials are also instituting other plans such as vaccine passports and virus tests, Suga said. With the lifting, Japan will be free of emergency requirements for the first time in more than six months. Japan is eager to expand social and economic activities while balancing the need to prevent another wave of infections. “Lifting of the emergency doesn’t mean we are 100% free,” Dr. Shigeru Omi, top medical adviser for the government, told reporters.
