THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 23, 2020 at 15:14 JST
The headquarters of Fuji Television Network Inc. and the Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo's Odaiba waterfront district are lit in blue May 8 as a tribute to health care workers battling the new coronavirus pandemic. The bridge will be illuminated in red if new cases start to spike in Tokyo. (Hiroki Endo)
Tokyo, with 14 million residents, is moving to ease restrictions on restaurants, schools and other public venues in three stages from as early as May 26 if the number of new coronavirus infections keeps falling. [Read More]
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