Japanese mothers struggle to cope after virus shuts schools

Keiko Kobayashi brought her 7-year-old son to her Tokyo office on Monday after his school, like most others in Japan, suddenly closed for four weeks in a government effort to slow the rapid spread of the new virus.“I was shocked by the news of the school closures, and thought, what should I do?" said Kobayashi, a senior manager at a multinational staffing service provider.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a plan last Thursday to close schools across Japan from Monday until the end of the