Many schools in major Japanese cities are providing open classrooms for students after the government's decision to close education facilities from March 2 over coronavirus fears as a large number of parents have no other way to look after their children, a Kyodo News survey has shown.
Parents across the country have complained about having little time to prepare for the closures of elementary, junior high and high schools, prompting 77 percent of surveyed municipalities to provide places where children of parents who cannot take time off work can spend time, according to the survey.
The survey covering 87 urban municipalities was conducted between last Wednesday and Friday.