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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
Politics
Hiroyuki Otsuki / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer

Prefectures need more power to handle pandemic-related crises

Hideaki Anan (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

The year 2022 is expected to continue to pose challenges for Japan with the pandemic, foreign affairs, the economy and other issues. This is the third installment in a series of articles on how authoritative figures in various fields view such topics. The below was excerpted from remarks by Hideaki Anan, Kanagawa Prefecture director general of medical crisis measures, in a recent Yomiuri Shimbun interview.

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