• A guard stands next to people visiting a high-rise viewing area on the top of a skyscraper in Tokyo on Wednesday. More than 40 cases of coronavirus infections were reported in Tokyo the same day — the biggest one-day increase in the capital. | AFP-JIJI
    A guard stands next to people visiting a high-rise viewing area on the top of a skyscraper in Tokyo on Wednesday. More than 40 cases of coronavirus infections were reported in Tokyo the same day — the biggest one-day increase in the capital. | AFP-JIJI

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Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike on Wednesday requested that people refrain from going outside this weekend for nonessential reasons, due to concerns over a sharp rise in the number of coronavirus infections in the Japanese capital.

The governor also asked people to work at home as much as possible in the coming days.

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