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Japan faces longer state of emergency, casting doubt on Olympics

Runners take part in the 10km marathon, without spectators, during the Hokkaido-Sapporo Marathon Festival 2021, a testing event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics marathon race, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan May 5, 2021.[Reuters]

State of Emergency has not lowered coronavirus infections. Summer Olympics less than three months away

Japan is considering extending a coronavirus spurred state of emergency in the capital, Tokyo, and other major urban areas, sources said on Wednesday, a move that could cast doubt on the planned Summer Olympics.

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