Prognosis
Japan Nears End to Its Loose Lockdown With Drop in Virus Cases
- Japan to lift emergency for most of the country, report says
- New infections dropping despite lack of total lockdown
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Japan’s approach to the coronavirus, which called on citizens to voluntarily stay at home and for business to enact their own shut down measures, led to predictions of disaster when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency last month.