Few on streets of Japan's major cities amid stay-at-home requests

List of shops to close in Tokyo this weekend (April 4-5)TOKYO - Far fewer people were on the streets of shopping areas in Tokyo and other cities in Japan on Saturday, after authorities issued stay-at-home requests in the wake of the rapid spread of the new coronavirus.For the second straight weekend, many people in Japan refrained from going out after the country's National Governors' Association on Thursday called on residents to avoid leaving their homes except for essential reasons. The number of temporarily closed stores and restaurants increased from the previous weekend."As the vast m…READ FULL ARTICLE