'Please avoid going out,' Japan's Abe appeals as coronavirus crisis widens
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a forceful appeal to the nation on Friday to stay indoors to avoid further coronavirus contagion, in his starkest remarks since the crisis began.