TOKYO: Tokyo and Japan's central government have resolved a high-profile feud over what businesses should shut down during a month-long emergency ...
FILE PHOTO: Less than usual passersby are seen on the street after the government announced the state of emergency for the capital following the coronavirus disease outbreak at Kabukicho shopping and entertainment district in Tokyo, Japan April 8, 2020.
She will stick to her plan to ask a range of businesses, including pachinko parlours and internet cafes, to close and restaurants to shorten their hours, but bowed to central government pressure to keep department stores, home-furnishing centres and barber shops open, public broadcaster NHK said.
Koike, a former lawmaker from Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and once seen as a possible future prime minister, had pressed Abe to declare a state of emergency sooner and made clear she wanted to quickly ask a broad range of businesses to close.
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