THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 7, 2020 at 19:10 JST
An employee prepares to open tea shop Sugawaraen for the first time since April 25 in Sendai’s Aoba Ward on May 7. (Shinjiro Omiya)
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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