THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 4, 2020 at 15:05 JST
A notice asks visitors for understanding as tourism officials don masks to guard against the spread of the new coronavirus at the Kinugawa hot spring resort in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on Jan. 27. (Takashi Kajiyama)
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