THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 2, 2020 at 17:59 JST
Many souvenir shops along Kokusai Dori street in the tourist area of Naha remain shuttered Aug. 30 despite it being the high season. (Mika Kuniyoshi)
With 32,161 cases in August, fresh COVID-19 infections nationwide hit a record for any month since January, a tally by The Asahi Shimbun shows. The figure was 1.8 times the number in July when there were 17,623 cases. [Read More]
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