State of Emergency

Pedestrians wearing protective face masks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic walk past Japanese national flags in Tokyo, Japan, April 8, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
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Japan faces longer state of emergency, casting doubt on Olympics

Officials were leaning toward an extension of the measures in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures beyond May 11 as the country battles a surge in Covid-19 cases, the Yomiuri Newspaper said on...

A woman, wearing protective mask following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks on an almost empty street in the Dotonbori entertainment district of Osaka, Japan, March 14, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
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Japan's Osaka to ask government to declare state of emergency: governor

Workers install more piping for effluent to flow at Port Manatee, where a breach in a nearby wastewater reservoir on the site of a defunct phosphate plant forced an evacuation order for hundreds of homes and threatened to flood the area and Tampa Bay with polluted water, in Piney Point, Florida, U.S. April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
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Florida evacuations order lifted as danger from leaky wastewater reservoir fades

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis talks to the media during a news conference as Hurricane Dorian approaches the state, at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, U.S. August 29, 2019. REUTERS/Marco Bello
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Florida declares state of emergency over toxic wastewater leak

Floodwaters stream down a street in Hauula, Hawaii, U.S. March 9, 2021, in this still image obtained from a social media video. Courtesy of Adam Palmer/Social Media via REUTERS
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Hawaii declares state of emergency after rains cause floods

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint. File photo: Xinhua
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Myanmar govt declares 1-year state of emergency

People wait in line to be tested for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at a testing station in Klang, Malaysia December 2, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
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Malaysia's king declares state of emergency to curb spread of Covid-19

China's Wuhan declares red alert as floods disrupt supply chains
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China's Wuhan declares red alert as floods disrupt supply chains

A man wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks at Ginza shopping and amusement district in Tokyo, Japan April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
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Japan declares coronavirus emergency, approves stimulus package

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a news conference on Japan's response to the coronavirus outbreak at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan March 14, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
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Tokyo medical staff say Japan's 'state of emergency' already here

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Japan to declare state of emergency for about a month: PM

Passengers arrive at LAX from Shanghai, China, after a positive case of the coronavirus was announced in the Orange County suburb of Los Angeles, California, US, January 26, 2020/ Reuters
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San Francisco declares state emergency over coronavirus

Melted metal from a vehicle destroyed in the recent bushfires is pictured in Conjola Park, New South Wales, Australia, January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
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State of emergency declared as bushfire threatens Australian capital