TOKYO: Japan’s expanded state of emergency went into effect as the government sought to stop a surge of new coronavirus infections, though with the restrictions not binding, many people appeared to be ignoring the requests to avoid non-essential travel.
People were still commuting on crowded trains and buses yesterday in Osaka, Fukuoka and other areas of the seven new prefectures placed under the state of emergency.
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