All schools in Japan told to close until April over virus outbreak www.japantimes.co.jp

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday asked all elementary, junior high and high schools nationwide to close from Monday through the students’ spring break, which typically ends in early April.
Most of the 1,600 elementary and junior high schools in Hokkaido decided to close for a week the same day in an effort to slow the ongoing coronavirus outbreak .
Hokkaido’s capital Sapporo, which has about 300 elementary and junior high schools, will close from Friday through March 6.
High schools weren’t a part of the prefecture’s recommendation to close, and entrance exams for public high schools will be held on March 4 as scheduled.
In Ebetsu, where a junior high school teacher has tested positive for the virus, schools will be closed until March 6.