Japanese Health Minister Norihisa Tamura attends Upper House's health committee session
August 25, 2021, Tokyo, Japan - Shigeru Omi, Japan Community Health Care Organization president and a member of the government panel for COVID-19 raises his hand to answer a question at Upper House's health, labor and welfare committee session at the National Diet in Tokyo on Thursday, August 26, 2021. Japanese government will expand COVID-19 state of emergency to eight more prefectures, Hokkaido, Miyagi, Aichi, Gifu, Mie, Shiga, Okayama and Hiroshima from August 27 through September 12. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO)