Dancers perform a traditional Ainu dance outside the new National Ainu Museum and Park in Shiraoi in northern Japan's Hokkaido region on Sunday (July 12, 2020). The opening of the museum, aimed at highlighting the country's indigenous Ainu people and their culture, was delayed for months after the govt declared a state of emergency nationwide in April in the wake of a surge in domestic infections. - AFP
TOKYO, July 12 (The Straits Times/ANN): Six weeks after Tokyo lifted a state of emergency and with its economy battered into recession, the Japanese capital is setting unwelcome new records of daily Covid-19 cases.
The 224 new infections last Thursday broke a high of 206 cases that was recorded on April 17, a mere 10 days after the state of emergency was imposed.
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