Anxiety prevails over state of emergency declaration amid coronavirus

Some people in Japan expressed their anxiety Tuesday about how their daily lives and businesses will be affected by the state of emergency to be declared by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in an effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.Under the declaration that will take effect Wednesday through May 6, governors in Tokyo, Saitama, Kanagawa, Chiba, Osaka, Hyogo and Fukuoka prefectures are expected to seek stronger restraints on nonessential outings and certain business operations."Because the (emergency) measure will be declared, please give us some more time before our work is complete…READ FULL ARTICLE