Japan and Vietnam fear new COVID waves as cases jump

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

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Tokyo authorities this week announced the shortening of business hours for restaurants and karaoke parlors (Photo by Akira Kodaka).

AKANE OKUTSU, Nikkei staff writer

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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