Broadcasters led with reports on a South Korean district court’s ruling dismissing a lawsuit brought by a group of former comfort women (NHK), the Osaka governor’s plan to impose strong measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 when the prefecture is placed under a state of emergency (TBS), Tokyo Governor Koike’s plan to ask the GOJ to put the capital under a state of emergency during the Golden Week holidays in late April and early May (Fuji TV), and the GOJ’s deliberations on whether to declare a state of emergency to contain the spread of the coronavirus in Osaka, Tokyo, and Hyogo (TV Asahi).