Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to declare state of emergency for Tokyo
April 7, 2020, Tokyo, Japan - A woman sits alone along a river that was once covered with cherry blossoms. Due to the rising numbers of coronavirus cases across Japan, social distancing is encouraged ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's declaration to call for a state of emergency today which Due to the rising numbers of coronavirus cases across Japan, social distancing is encouraged ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe窶冱 declaration to call for a state of emergency today which takes effect from tomorrow for Tokyo and six additional prefectures in an effort to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.