A Virgin Mary statue at a Catholic church in Kawaguchi in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, is seen with a face mask on May 10, 2020, amid the coronavirus outbreak. (Kyodo)
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (C) attends a meeting of the Japanese capital's coronavirus task force on May 25, 2020, at the metropolitan government building. A state of emergency was lifted in Tokyo the same day. (Kyodo)