By RIHITO KARUBE/ Staff Writer
April 7, 2020 at 13:31 JST
Few pedestrians are visible around the Mitsukoshi department store’s main outlet in Tokyo’s Nihonbashi district. The store was closed over the weekend. (Kazuyoshi Sako)
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