THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 2, 2020 at 16:50 JST
Pedestrians in Tokyo’s Ginza district on Aug. 1 pass by a statue wearing a mask. (The Asahi Shimbun)
Tokyo on Aug. 2 confirmed 292 new infections of the novel coronavirus, down significantly from the record 472 set the previous day. [Read More]
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