THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 8, 2021 at 17:07 JST
Commuters in front of Shinjuku Station head to work on Jan. 8, the day after a new state of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic was declared for Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures. (Hiroyuki Yamamoto)
Commuters packed Tokyo trains on Jan. 8 despite Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s plea the previous day for people to reduce travel to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. [Read More]
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