THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 4, 2020 at 18:30 JST
The area in front of JR Ikebukuro Station has fewer pedestrians on April 4 as Tokyo residents heed a request from Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike to refrain from going out. (Reina Kitamura)
Parts of Tokyo, for the second weekend in a row, resembled a ghost town as residents heeded a call to refrain from going outdoors due to the coronavirus scare and a disturbing rise in new infections. [Read More]
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