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Japan’s Abe to Shut Schools Nationwide to Fight Coronavirus
- Abe takes step that would shutter schools for about a month
- Unprecedented closure could affect around 13 million students
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called for all schools in the country to close from Monday until the end of their spring holidays, taking the unprecedented move in a bid to combat further spread of the coronavirus.
The closure will apply to all elementary, junior high, senior high and special needs schools nationwide, and would keep around 13 million students across the country at home for at least a month, according to statistics from the education ministry.