Bars and restaurants will be given a financial incentive to abide by an 8pm curfewThe world’s largest city, Tokyo, is being placed under a new state of emergency after explosive growth in the spread of the coronavirus, which threatens the economy and the postponed Olympic Games. The measures will be less strict than the lockdowns in Britain and many other western countries but they represent a defeat for Japan’s prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, who has been criticised for holding off from announcing such measures while cases surged and the health system came under intense strain. SponsoredJapan recorded more than 6,000 new cases yesterday, a record number. In Tokyo, there were 2,447 new cases today — the first time the figure has risen above 2,000 and a 50 per cent increase on Wednesday’s total, itself a record. The government insists that the Olympic Games will go ahead this year BEHROUZ/MEHRI/AFP/GETTY IMAGESOne of

Source: The Times January 07, 2021 09:00 UTC