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Coronavirus

Golden Week tests Japan's loose 'stay home' request

Drop in new cases ahead of holidays risks reigniting coronavirus's spread

A man walks along the otherwise empty promenade in front of Tokyo Station on April 27, 2020.   © Reuters
WATARU SUZUKI and RURIKA IMAHASHI, Nikkei staff writers | Japan

TOKYO -- Japan's annual Golden Week spring holiday season usually sends some 25 million people traveling across the country and abroad, but this year the coronavirus pandemic has moved some prefectural governors to urge tourists not to visit.

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