TOKYO: Tokyo’s governor and her political rival, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, agreed Monday to cooperate on handling the coronavirus outbreak to safely hold the Olympics next year.
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, wearing a face mask amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus, speaks during a budget committee session in the lower house at parliament in Tokyo on June 10, 2020. Japan’s powerful lower house approved an extra budget worth nearly $300 billion, doubling the scale of measures to pep up the economy. AFP PHOTO