THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 12, 2020 at 19:00 JST
A restaurant prepares to close at 8 p.m. in Harmonica Alley near JR Kichijoji Station in Musashino on the outskirts of Tokyo on April 11. (Kazuhiro Nagashima)
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