Broadcasters led with reports on Diet debate on Prime Minister Suga’s decision to extend the state of emergency for the Tokyo metropolitan area by two weeks (NHK, TBS, Fuji TV), an increase in the number of people out and about in major cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area on Wednesday compared with two months ago (NTV), and Interpol’s announcement that members of organized crime networks in China and South Africa have been arrested for selling fake COVID-19 vaccines (TV Asahi).