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Students in Japan return to in-person, but socially distanced classes

Name: Students in Japan return to in-person, but socially distanced classes
Uploaded: 2020-09-05T07:30:13-0400
Duration: 2 min 19 s
Description: While the coronavirus pandemic is keeping many American students at home, children in Japan are back in the classroom. Schools there have been able to reopen because Japan, with about one-third of the U.S. population, has only 1% as many COVID-19 cases. Lucy Craft looks at what back-to-school looks like for those students.

While the coronavirus pandemic is keeping many American students at home, children in Japan are back in the classroom. Schools there have been able to reopen because Japan, with about one-third of the U.S. population, has only 1% as many COVID-19 cases. Lucy Craft looks at what back-to-school looks like for those students.