Foreigners in Japan more likely to find coronavirus info outside ministry

Foreign tourists and residents in Japan are more likely to find multilingual help regarding the novel coronavirus at the tourism agency and local governments than the health ministry, the central government body tasked with stemming the spread of the disease.Although the health ministry offers a toll-free phone number for inquiries about the virus, it is available only in Japanese. For non-Japanese speakers, it has designated websites in English and Chinese.In the English and Chinese pages, a link leads to a page for foreign tourists to call the Japan Visitor Hotline and another link to a p…READ FULL ARTICLE