Schools in many parts of Japan resumed classes Monday after being closed for more than a month due to the coronavirus outbreak, with infections continuing to rise in Tokyo and other major cities, putting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on course to declare a state of emergency.At an elementary school in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, some 230 students took part in a ceremony marking the start of the new academic year.During proceedings, the children stood 2 meters apart in the schoolyard while the principal instructed them to thoroughly wash their hands and check their temperatures every day."I am gla…READ FULL ARTICLE
