Japan PM, deputy avoid joint meetings to cut coronavirus risk as lockdown pressure builds
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Japan’s prime minister and his deputy won’t attend meetings together to cut coronavirus risks as pressure for a lockdown builds, with domestic cases topping 2,000 and a minister saying the country’s containment strategy was stretched to the limit.