国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Major cities in Japan appear quiet on 1st day in state of emergency
<p><span word="TOKYO">TOKYO</span>, <span word="April">April</span> 8-- <span word="Major">Major</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="including">including</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="unusually">unusually</span> <span word="quiet">quiet</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="shops">shops</span> <span word="closed">closed</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="fewer">fewer</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="streets">streets</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="emergency">emergency</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="declared">declared</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="contain">contain</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fast">fast</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="infections">infections</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="emergency">emergency</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="May">May</span> 6 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="covers">covers</span> <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="prefectures">prefectures</span> <span word="including">including</span> <span word="Kanagawa">Kanagawa</span>, <span word="Saitama">Saitama</span>, <span word="Chiba">Chiba</span>, <span word="Osaka">Osaka</span>, <span word="Hyogo">Hyogo</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Fukuoka">Fukuoka</span>. <span word="Aside">Aside</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="supermarkets">supermarkets</span>, <span word="drugstores">drugstores</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="essential">essential</span> <span word="services">services</span>, <span word="many">many</span> <span word="businesses">businesses</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="closed">closed</span> <span word="following">following</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="request">request</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stay">stay</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="limit">limit</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="contact">contact</span>.</p><p><span word="Isetan">Isetan</span> <span word="Mitsukoshi">Mitsukoshi</span> <span word="Holdings">Holdings</span> <span word="Ltd">Ltd</span>. <span word="closed">closed</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="Mitsukoshi">Mitsukoshi</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Isetan">Isetan</span> <span word="department">department</span> <span word="stores">stores</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="metropolitan">metropolitan</span> <span word="area">area</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="Matsuya">Matsuya</span> <span word="Co">Co</span>.'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="store">store</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Ginza">Ginza</span> <span word="shopping">shopping</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="closed">closed</span>. <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="sections">sections</span> <span word="selling">selling</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="continued">continued</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="open">open</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="department">department</span> <span word="stores">stores</span>.</p><p><span word="Meanwhile">Meanwhile</span>, <span word="movie">movie</span> <span word="theaters">theaters</span>, <span word="bowling">bowling</span> <span word="alleys">alleys</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="shops">shops</span> <span word="inside">inside</span> <span word="station">station</span> <span word="buildings">buildings</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="closed">closed</span> <span word="businesses">businesses</span>.</p><p><span word="Train">Train</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bus">bus</span> <span word="companies">companies</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="operating">operating</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="usual">usual</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="adding">adding</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="reduce">reduce</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="suspend">suspend</span> <span word="services">services</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="makes">makes</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="request">request</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="face">face</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="significant">significant</span> <span word="decline">decline</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="users">users</span>.</p><p><span word="Airlines">Airlines</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="reduced">reduced</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="flights">flights</span> <span word="drastically">drastically</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="emergency">emergency</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="declared">declared</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="further">further</span> <span word="slash">slash</span> <span word="flights">flights</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="travelers">travelers</span> <span word="continues">continues</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="drop">drop</span>.</p>
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