"Abenomasks" only received by Tokyo residents despite virus emergency

The government said Friday that only households in Tokyo have so far received cloth face masks under its distribution plan but delivery to other parts of Japan will be completed by the end of May, when the extended state of emergency declared over the novel coronavirus ends.Around 5.6 million of the masks, dubbed "Abenomasks" on social media, a pun on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's "Abenomics" economic policy mix, had been distributed in Tokyo as of Wednesday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said.But the postal delivery of two cloth masks per household will start next week in prefecture…READ FULL ARTICLE