It's a bright start to the week as people wearing face masks are walking to work through the Shinjuku train station in Tokyo on Moonday (May 25). Japan on Monday said that it will lift the state of emergency for Tokyo and remaining areas still facing restrictions. - AFP
TOKYO: Japan will lift a state of emergency for Tokyo and remaining areas still facing restrictions on Monday (May 25), while the Nikkei reported a plan for new stimulus worth almost US$1 trillion to help companies ride out the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
Social distancing curbs were loosened for most of the country on May 14 as new infections fell, but the government had kept Tokyo and four other prefectures under watch.
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