Only 37% of firms met Japan gov't target of cutting commuters by 70%

Only around 37 percent of firms in Japanese prefectures under the current state of emergency have met the government's target of cutting commuters by 70 percent or more to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, a business lobby survey showed Friday.Yasutoshi Nishimura, minister in charge of the government's coronavirus response, held a remote meeting with leaders of the country's largest business lobby Keidanren, which released the survey, and other major business bodies, and requested they push members to promote teleworking to help meet the target. Nishimura said the number of peop…READ FULL ARTICLE