By YUSUKE NAGANO/ Staff Writer
March 19, 2021 at 17:20 JST
A video display in Tokyo’s Kabukicho entertainment district on March 18 shows Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga explaining his plan to lift the state of emergency for the capital and three neighboring prefectures. (Tatsuya Shimada)
Tokyo ordered 27 bars and restaurants to shorten their operating hours, the first such move in Japan under legal revisions targeting businesses that refuse to cooperate under the COVID-19 state of emergency. [Read More]
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