Tokyo again asks restaurants to shorten business hours amid virus

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said Wednesday the metropolitan government will request once again that restaurants serving alcohol shorten their operating hours starting this weekend in response to a recent resurgence of coronavirus infections, just two months after lifting its previous request to close early.The Tokyo government will provide 400,000 yen ($3,800) in financial support to businesses in most parts of the metropolis that comply with the request to close by 10 p.m. between Saturday and Dec. 17."The capital is in a very serious situation in terms of infections," Koike told a press confe…READ FULL ARTICLE