THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 3, 2020 at 17:31 JST
Lighting on Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo’s Minato Ward changes from rainbow to red on June 2, after Governor Yuriko Koike issued a Tokyo alert for a possible second wave of COVID-19 infections. (Kotaro Ebara)
Just after 11 p.m. on June 2, the Tokyo metropolitan government building in Shinjuku Ward changed from rainbow colors to red, a sign that a second wave of COVID-19 infections could be coming. [Read More]
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