Virus fright slashes visitors to Japan’s shopping hubs

Weekend pedestrian traffic down 15% in central Osaka

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Tokyo's Asakusa district, home to the Sensoji temple, suffered a 15% decline in traffic this month. © Reuters

YUKI HANAI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- As the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus grows, people in Japan have stopped leaving their houses.

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