TOKYO Japan’s factory output is expected to have risen for the second straight month in April on brisk exports and solid demand for electronic goods, a…
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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga extended a state of emergency that includes Tokyo and other major cities, in a last-ditch effort to rein in Covid infections ahead of the capital hosting the Olympics in less than two months.