TOKYO -- Microsoft engineers have helped the Japanese government create a contact-tracing app that officials hope will prevent a second wave of coronavirus infections, following more than monthlong delay in Tokyo's decision-making on the policy.
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Contact-tracing app set to debut in Japan this week
Slow decision-making missed window of urgency following end of lockdown
A weekend stroll in Tokyo's Kagurazaka neighborhood: Japan looks to contract tracing to help fight a resurgence of coronavirus infections. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)
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