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Japan and Vietnam fear new COVID waves as cases jump

Tokyo's daily cases hit another high of 463 on Friday

Tokyo authorities this week announced the shortening of business hours for restaurants and karaoke parlors (Photo by Akira Kodaka).
AKANE OKUTSU, Nikkei staff writer | Japan

TOKYO -- Tokyo's daily confirmed COVID-19 cases hit a record high for the second day in a row on Friday, with 463 new infections, as the numbers also surged in the rest of the country as well as in Vietnam and Hong Kong.

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