UN chief warns of violence at home, Japan nears emergency
(WorldNews Japan)

TOKYO (AP) - With more than 1.2 million people infected with the new coronavirus, the U.N. chief appealed for `peace at home` - all homes - out of concern that domestic violence was rising as the social and financial toll of the pandemic deepened. U..S. officials warned of sad developments to come in the worst-hit country, where medical supplies were short and morgues were crowded. Japanese officials on Monday considered declaring a state of emergency. Infections are soaring in the country that has the world`s third-largest economy and its oldest population. The reported declaration would likely cover the sprawling megacity of Tokyo and other areas and would come a couple of weeks after the...