THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 17, 2020 at 18:35 JST
Few people mill in front of JR Shimonoseki Station in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, a home constituency of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on April 17. (Minako Yoshimoto)
Residents of prefectures with only a few confirmed cases of coronavirus infection were surprised at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s April 16 declaration of a state of emergency being expanded to cover the entire nation, while others welcomed the heightened state of alert. [Read More]
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