Japanese Health Minister Norihisa Tamura attends Upper House's health committee session
August 25, 2021, Tokyo, Japan - Shigeru Omi (L), 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 while Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Norihisa Tamura (R) looks on. 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)