THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 11, 2022 at 17:00 JST
Despite the Jan. 9 cancellation of a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yonabaru, Okinawa Prefecture, the venue was kept open so families could take memorial photos. (Minako Yoshimoto)
Coming of Age Day ceremonies were held across Japan over the three-day weekend that ended Jan. 10 to mark the annual rite of passage into adulthood among 20-year-olds, despite soaring cases of the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus sweeping the nation. [Read More]
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