Japan PM Abe says to ask all schools to close for most of March


Reuters | Tokyo | Updated: 27-02-2020 15:28 IST | Created: 27-02-2020 15:10 IST
Japan PM Abe says to ask all schools to close for most of March
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (File photo)
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday that the government would ask all elementary, junior high and high schools to close from March 2 until spring break, typically around the end of March.

He was speaking at a meeting of the government's task force to contain the spread of the new coronavirus.

 

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