THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 20, 2021 at 16:12 JST
Few visitors are seen in Tokyo’s Sugamo district, a popular hangout for elderly people, on Jan. 15, a sea change from the crowd a year ago shown on the smartphone screen. (The Asahi Shimbun)
Tokyo confirmed 1,274 new cases of novel coronavirus infections on Jan. 20, up from 1,240 on the previous day, and remaining above 1,000 for the eighth consecutive day. [Read More]
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