THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 2, 2021 at 19:23 JST
Tsutenkaku Tower in Osaka’s Naniwa Ward is lit up in yellow after the Osaka prefectural government lowered its alert against the COVID-19 pandemic on March 1. (Satoru Ogawa)
People are flocking back to entertainment districts outside Osaka now that the state of emergency is lifted and requests for bars and restaurants to close early have been withdrawn in some areas. [Read More]
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