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The Latest: Japan's prime minister weighs state of emergency

| January 4, 2021 12:03 AM

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Monday vaccine approval was being speeded up and border controls beefed up to curb the spread of the coronavirus, and he promised to consider declaring a state of emergency.

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