Japan is `not planning` a coronavirus emergency but item bans loom
(WorldNews Japan)

TOKYO — Japan has no plan to declare a state of emergency from April, its top government spokesman said on Monday, seeking to dispel mounting fears a recent spike in coronavirus cases could lead to a first-ever lockdown of the capital, Tokyo. As the number of infections grows globally, however, Japan will raise its defenses against imported cases by banning the item of foreigners traveling from the United States, China, South Korea and most of Europe, the Asahi newspaper reported on Monday. Non-Japanese citizens who have been in any of those places in the previous two weeks will be barred, the newspaper said. The government may...