Japan on Monday further eased restrictions on social and economic activities in urban areas that were imposed to fight the spread of the new coronavirus, paving the way for children to return to school in the Tokyo metropolitan area for the first time in three months with some conditions.A week after a state of emergency in the Tokyo and Hokkaido regions was lifted amid a fall in the number of new infections, most parts of Japan have now entered the phase of putting more emphasis on rebuilding their economies battered by the pandemic, while taking precautions against a second wave of infect…READ FULL ARTICLE
