A woman wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), rests as she travels inside a train in Tokyo, Japan March 8, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan recorded 503 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, its biggest daily increase since the start of the pandemic, as a state of emergency took effect but commuters still crowded some trains into Tokyo despite government calls to stay at home.
The jump in new COVID-19 cases, including 144 in the capital, underscored the struggle of Japanese authorities to contain the outbreak without imposing a sweeping, mandatory lockdown on the population as most countries overseas have done.
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