New Year's virus March 3 7:40

Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the annual memorial service in New York has been postponed in hope of recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake.

The memorial service is held mainly by Japanese people living there, and is held every year at a church in Manhattan, New York. The event was scheduled for the next Sunday, 8th of this month.

The organizer said, "In response to the spread of the new coronavirus, we decided to cancel the event on the day in consideration of the health and safety of the people who gathered. Let's pray! "