THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 8, 2020 at 15:03 JST
Reporters attending the April 7 news conference by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sit apart from each other as a measure to prevent a spread of the coronavirus. (Takeshi Iwashita)
The setting was different. The tone was more subdued. And the sense of urgency was clearer in perhaps the most important news conference held by a Japanese leader in the postwar era. [Read More]
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