Commuters heading to work packed into trains in the Japanese capital on Wednesday, the first day of a state of emergency aimed at containing the ...
A woman walks in an underground shopping mall with closed shops, near a Tokyo railway station on Apr 8, 2020. TOKYO: Commuters heading to work packed into trains in the Japanese capital on Wednesday , the first day of aaimed at containing the COVID-19 outbreak, with some expressing confusion over how best to restrict their movements.
The month-long state of emergency gives regional governors more power to press businesses to close, but will add to pains the virus has inflicted on the world's third-largest economy from supply chain disruptions and travel bans.At major hubs such as Shinjuku, Shibuya and Tokyo in the capital, many commuters not equipped to work from home stuck to business as usual, though trains and streets were less crowded than a week ago.
This combination of two pictures taken at Takeshita street in Tokyo's Harajuku area shows people walking through on Apr 5, 2019 and people walking through on Apr 8, 2020. READ: Japanese celebrity Pikotaro redesigns signature Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen song into COVID-19 melody
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