TOKYO, May 8 — As Japan prepares to ease coronavirus restrictions in some parts of the country, a growing number of the country’s businesses are planning to resume operations despite concerns that isolation guidelines were being lifted too early. After a monthlong shutdown brought economic...
Friday, 08 May 2020 03:04 PM MYT
After a monthlong shutdown brought economic activity to a grinding halt, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said today that the government was looking at ways to bring some parts of the country out of lockdown measures as the rate of infections has slowed in several outlying regions. Casual clothing chain Uniqlo reopened 48 stores in Japan yesterday, including several large stores in Tokyo and Osaka, said its owner, Fast Retailing, while Aeon Co, the region’s biggest supermarket operator, said it was reopening its Aeon Mall shopping centres.
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