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Japan’s Movie Theaters Begin Cautious Reopening

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By Mark Schilling Japan Correspondent Japan’s film exhibition business, which shut down in mid-April in response to the government’s state of emergency declaration, has begun slowly reopening.

Japan is the world’s third largest cinema box office market behind North America and China. On May 11 the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that it was arranging to lift the state of emergency for the 34 prefectures least affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

The remaining 13, including Tokyo and Osaka, are still under emergency advisories, which include theater closures, until the end of the month.

Toho Cinemas, Japan’s biggest exhibition chain, has since announced that it will reopen ten of its theaters in the 34 least affected

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