FILE PHOTO: A shopper wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is seen next to an empty shelves of frozen foods at a supermarket in Tokyo, Japan March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan sought to reassure people on Tuesday there was no need for panic buying as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was due to announce a state of emergency to try to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Abe will hold a news conference at 7 p.m. (1000 GMT) to announce the emergency for the capital Tokyo and six other prefectures.
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