THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 21, 2020 at 16:41 JST
People form a line at the Honda Theater after its reopened in Tokyo’s Shimokitazawa district on March 20. (Hideki Inoue)
Some large theaters in Tokyo moved cautiously to reopen for live stage performances March 20 despite a government request to call off or postpone cultural events to stem the spread of the new coronavirus. [Read More]
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