Police in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday arrested a 23-year-old Thai woman on suspicion of abandoning the body of a newborn baby boy at the trash disposal site of an apartment building last month. Police said the woman, who lives in the building in Nakahara Ward, has admitted to the…
The body of a baby boy was found at the trash disposal site of an apartment building in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday. According to police, an employee of the apartment management company discovered the body at around 12:50 p.m. at the building in Nakahara Ward, Kyodo News reported. The…
Commuters in front of Shinjuku Station head to work on Jan. 8, the day after a new state of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic was declared for Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures. (Hiroyuki Yamamoto)
Commuters packed Tokyo trains on Jan. 8 despite Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s plea the previous day for people to reduce travel to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
Suga, declaring a state of emergency on Jan. 7 for Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures, asked that up to 70 percent of company employees work from home until Feb. 7, when the emergency is set to expire.
But the morning commute on Jan. 8 in the capital showed scant signs of any change from the day before.