THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 22, 2020 at 16:56 JST
Pedestrians stroll along a street in Tokyo's ritzy Ginza district that was blocked off to vehicular traffic on the afternoon of Feb. 22 when "haru-ichiban" was observed in the Kanto region. (Shiro Nishihata)
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