Japanese cos shut offices, halt production as COVID infections surge

Japanese cos shut offices, halt production as COVID infections surge

Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Photo by Jezael Melgoza on Unsplash

Japanese companies are temporarily shutting offices or suspending production as they battle a record wave of COVID-19, disrupting businesses in a country that has until now weathered the pandemic better than most advanced economies.

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