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Japan urged its citizens to stay home, as media reports warned that as many as 400,000 of them could die of the coronavirus without urgent action, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came under pressure to hand out more cash.

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People wearing protective face masks walk on the street after the government announced state of emergency for the capital and some prefectures following Covid-19 outbreak at Sugamo district, an area popular among the Japanese elderly, in Tokyo, Japan April 15. — Reuters
People wearing protective face masks walk on the street after the government announced state of emergency for the capital and some prefectures following Covid-19 outbreak at Sugamo district, an area popular among the Japanese elderly, in Tokyo, Japan April 15. — Reuters

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