Elliott Management wants to evict Twitter CEO Tokyo’s Nakameguro district to cancel its 34th annual cherry blossom festival in an effort to curb coronavirus spread in Japan With less than five months to go before the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Japanese authorities have asked sports and cultural organizations across the country to consider postponing or canceling large gatherings until March 15 to
prevent any new coronavirus outbreak (or COVID-19) infections that started in China late last year and have since infected more than 80,000 people worldwide. On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said 164 people in Japan tested positive for coronavirus—855 in total if you include the 691 cases found on the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Yokohama near Tokyo.
According to the WHO, Japan now has the third highest number of confirmed cases after China and South Korea, with 78,191 and 1,261 confirmed cases respectively. Of the four Japanese deaths, three were Diamond Princess men. Cases were found in Japan, from northern Hokkaido to southern Okinawa. If the epidemic continues, it’s possible that this year’s annual cherry blossom festivals typically held across the country between March and May will be toned down, if not canceled entirely.
Tokyo’s Nakameguro district revealed on 25 February that it is canceling its 34th annual Nakameguro Cherry Blossom Festival, a favorite traveler that regularly appears on Instagram, Coronavirus Since. The event was scheduled to take place from March 21 through April 8, 2020. The Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival is still scheduled to take place between April 23 and May 6, 2020, another of Japan’s most famous cherry blossom events.
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