The Japanese government is considering no longer asking the public to wear masks indoors in principle unless they have symptoms, a government source says, possibly changing the public's daily anti-coronavirus practice drastically.
Japan's cumulative total of COVID-19 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic has exceeded 60,000, a tally shows, in the midst of the eighth wave of coronavirus infections.
Japan logs 371 coronavirus-related deaths, marking the highest daily figure since the pandemic began as the country grapples with an eighth wave of infections.