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Tokyo Gyms Reopen, Schools Returning After Two-Month Closure
- State of emergency was lifted nationwide in Japan last Monday
- Karaoke boxes, theme parks to remain closed in Tokyo
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Students in Tokyo started to return to school Monday, with fitness gyms, saunas and cinemas among businesses reopening their doors in the capital after nearly two months under a loose lockdown.
Japan has been slowly reopening economic activity across the country after a state of emergency to tackle the coronavirus was lifted nationwide last week. Schools in the capital are resuming, albeit with staggered student attendance, for the first time in about three months, after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called for their closure at the end of February.