THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 31, 2020 at 14:27 JST
Few travelers are seen at the ticket gate leading to the platform for a Shinkansen bullet train at Kokura Station in Kita-Kyushu on May 30. (Shoma Fujiwaki)
As the nation remains on alert for a surge in novel coronavirus cases, Tokyo recorded 14 new infections on May 30, the fifth consecutive day the number has topped double digits in the capital. [Read More]
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