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

Customers check out at a supermarket in Shinagawa-ku, 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)