THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 7, 2020 at 19:10 JST
A transparent sheet separates a customer from staff at a udon noodle restaurant in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, on May 7. (Kodai Kinoshita)
Numerous schools, restaurants and other businesses reopened around Japan on May 7 despite the government's extension of the state of emergency until the end of the month. [Read More]
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