Rural Japan has largely avoided the worst of the novel coronavirus and is going to great lengths to keep it that way during the Golden Week holiday period.Compared with more than 4,500 confirmed cases in Tokyo, the epicenter of the outbreak in the country, most prefectures have reported less than 100.In a bid to prevent people from going to urban areas where they could catch the virus and unwittingly bring it back, governors and mayors in seven prefectures in or near northeastern Japan issued a joint statement imploring residents to stay home during the holidays through May 6.The joint stat…READ FULL ARTICLE
