Spotlight: Major cities in Japan appear quiet on 1st day in state of emergency

Citizens wearing masks pass the ticket gates at Meguro station in Tokyo, Japan, April 8, 2020. Major Japanese cities including the capital of Tokyo became unusually quiet on Wednesday, with many shops closed and fewer people on streets on the first day after a state of emergency was declared to contain the fast spread of COVID-19 infections across the country. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)