Japan to ease COVID-19 rules

Japan to ease COVID-19 rules

People wearing face masks walk across scramble crossing in Tokyo's Shibuya district, on Jan. 27, 2023. Japan decided the same day to ease COVID-19 prevention rules on May 8 in a major policy shift in its response to the three-year-long pandemic.

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