Japanese anxious as virus emergency extended by another month
Some people in Japan expressed anxiety Tuesday about the economic and social impact of the government's one-month extension of a coronavirus state of emergency for Tokyo and nine other prefectures.
In the Marunouchi business district in Tokyo, Hiroshi Aso, 47, said, "As the number of infections has not decreased so much, the extension seems unavoidable."
Commuters wearing face masks head to work near JR Tokyo Station on Feb. 2, 2021.(Kyodo)
However, Aso, who was on his way to work before the government extended the state of emergency to March 7, said he did not feel that the remote working adopted by his company was "too much of a hassle."