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Japan emerges out of coronavirus state of emergency

By Associated Press

Oct. 1, 2021

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Commuters wearing face masks walk in a passageway during a rush hour at Shinagawa Station Friday, Oct. 1, in Tokyo. Japan lifted its COVID-19 state of emergency in all of the regions on Oct. 1.
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People eat and drink at a restaurant in Tokyo on the first night of the government's lifting of a coronavirus state of emergency Friday, Oct. 1.
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People walk through the famed Kabukicho entertainment district of Tokyo on the first night of the government's lifting of a coronavirus state of emergency Friday, Oct. 1.
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People walk through the famed Kabukicho entertainment district of Tokyo on the first night of the government's lifting of a coronavirus state of emergency Friday, Oct. 1.
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People hang out on streets as others eat and drink at restaurants and bars in Tokyo on the first night of the government's lifting of a coronavirus state of emergency Friday, Oct. 1.
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People walk at a acrosswalk Friday night, Oct. 1, in Shibuya, an entertainment district of Tokyo, as Japan fully came out of a coronavirus state of emergency for the first time in more than six months. The country has started gradually easing virus measures to help rejuvenate the pandemic-hit economy as infections slowed.
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People walk at a acrosswalk Friday night, Oct. 1, in Shibuya, an entertainment district of Tokyo, as Japan fully came out of a coronavirus state of emergency for the first time in more than six months. The country has started gradually easing virus measures to help rejuvenate the pandemic-hit economy as infections slowed.
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People wearing face masks walk across a traffic intersection in the Ginza shopping district of Tokyo during a state of emergency on Thursday, Sept. 30. The government's measures were lifted in Tokyo at the end of Thursday.
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Commuters with umbrellas walk a crosswalk as Typhoon Mindulle travels off the coast of Japan Friday, Oct. 1, in Tokyo. Japan fully came out of a coronavirus state of emergency for the first time in more than six months as the country starts to gradually ease virus measures to help rejuvenate the pandemic-hit economy as the infections slowed.
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Commuters, bottom, wearing face masks wait for their commuter bus during a rush hour at Shinagawa Station Friday, Oct. 1, in Tokyo. Japan lifted its COVID-19 state of emergency in all of the regions on Oct. 1.
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People eat and drink at a restaurant after 8 p.m., the time the government suggests to close under the ongoing state of emergency, in the famed Asakusa tourist spot in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 30. On Friday, Oct. 1, Japan fully came out of a coronavirus state of emergency for the first time in more than six months as the country starts gradually easing virus measures to help rejuvenate the pandemic-hit economy as the infections slowed.
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A worker prepares to close a restaurant in the famed Asakusa tourist spot in Tokyo before 8 p.m., the time the government suggests to close during the ongoing state of emergency, Thursday, Sept. 30. The government's measures were lifted in Tokyo at the end of Thursday.
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Bartender Shoko Kamimera, right, and her assistant Sakae Ishihara look at their cellphones as they wait for customers at their bar in Tokyo during a state of emergency Thursday, Sept. 30. The government's measures were lifted in Tokyo at the end of Thursday.
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Men walk on the floor of a multi-tenant building, with most of the tenants already shut down before 8 p.m., the closing time suggested by the government for the ongoing state of emergency in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 30. On Friday, Oct. 1, Japan fully came out of a coronavirus state of emergency for the first time in more than six months as the country starts gradually easing virus measures to help rejuvenate the pandemic-hit economy as the infections slowed.
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People wearing face masks walk past a department store as others go in and come out of the store in Tokyo during a state of emergency on Thursday, Sept. 30. On Friday, Oct. 1, Japan fully came out of a coronavirus state of emergency for the first time in more than six months as the country starts gradually easing virus measures to help rejuvenate the pandemic-hit economy as the infections slowed.
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