Tokyo quiet as people return to work under extended emergency

Major stations in Tokyo and its vicinity remained quiet Thursday with a limited number of people commuting on the first workday after the long Golden Week holiday under the extended state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic.Many people showed an understanding of the government's decision on Monday to extend the state of emergency to the end of the month from the originally scheduled expiration on Wednesday in a bid to reduce new infections in Japan amid nascent signs of the outbreak leveling off.But others said they are stressed by restrictions put in place under the declaration -- o…READ FULL ARTICLE