Japan set to lift emergency as cases slow
People wearing masks while walking through Shinjuku train station in Tokyo. Japan is expected to lift lockdown restrictions after recording only a few new cases recently. – AFP pic, May 25, 2020.
JAPAN was poised to lift its nationwide state of emergency over the coronavirus today, gradually reopening the world’s third-biggest economy after new cases slowed to a crawl. Compared to hard-hit areas in Europe, the United States, Russia and Brazil, Japan has been spared the worst of the pandemic, with 16,581 cases in total and 830 deaths.
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