Lifting of emergency over coronavirus leaves businesses with mixed feelings

People in Japan's service and distribution sectors which had been forced into closure or hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic have voiced mixed feelings as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lifted a state of emergency over the virus in the country.With the end of the emergency Monday, restaurants and shops will gradually get their businesses back on track so long as they take precautionary measures.But Eisuke Urawa, a managing director at a trade association representing some 400 wholesalers involved in the Toyosu market in Tokyo, expressed concern that a business restart without an established cur…READ FULL ARTICLE