Coronavirus fears leave Japan's bullet trains, expressways deserted

Coronavirus fears left shinkansen bullet trains and expressways deserted on the first day of the Golden Week holiday on Saturday as the pace of infection in Japan has yet to show clear signs of slowing.Many of the shinkansen trains that left Tokyo Station were over 90 percent empty, operators said, despite Golden Week, a period made up of several closely spaced national holidays, being traditionally one of the busiest times of the year for the tourism industry.Meanwhile, the Tokyo metropolitan government reported 103 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, bringing the total number of infec…READ FULL ARTICLE