THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 19, 2020 at 19:07 JST
Parents and guardians watch their children leave the graduation ceremony at Sugamo-kita Junior High School in Tokyo’s Toshima Ward on March 19. (Shogo Koshida)
Invitations were withdrawn, programs were shortened and seats were moved further apart or even placed outdoors. These and other measures enabled 90 percent of public junior high schools in Tokyo to hold their graduation ceremonies on March 19 amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. [Read More]
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