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No need for new coronavirus emergency, Japan PM says, as cases hit record
coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday, even though it is seeing record high numbers of new daily cases as the weather grows cold."Experts don't yet feel we're at a situation where we need to institute another state of emergency," Suga told reporters.Japan first imposed a state of emergency in April and lifted it late the following month.The national daily infection tally rose to a record 1,685 on Friday, state-run NHK national television said, breaking a record set the previous day.Tokyo recorded 374 infections on Friday, down slightly from the day before, but other areas posted record daily highs.Japan has had 116,220 cases of the coronavirus in all and nearly 2,000 deaths, according to NHK figures.Suga also