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| Above, shoppers in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district during normal times. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
This certainly does not bode well for any reopening of Japan's borders to foreign tourism anytime soon.
Japan is currently seeing a rebound in coronavirus cases .
According to Kyodo News:
TOKYO - Japan is seeing a rebound in COVID-19 cases across the country, government data showed Saturday, as experts caution that another resurgence of infections may be around the corner.
The number of new coronavirus cases confirmed in a week through Friday increased in 44 of the country's 47 prefectures, according to the government data, less than two weeks after Japan completely lifted quasi-emergency measures entailing business restrictions and other curbs.
Experts on a government panel monitoring pandemic situations say new daily cases had been gradually declining for more than a month after the government began implementing quasi-emergency measures in January to contain a sixth wave of infections, but recent rises need to be carefully monitored given a notable increase in infections among teens.
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