FILE PHOTO: Passersby wearing protective face masks, following an outbreak of COVID-19, are reflected in mirrors at a shopping center in Tokyo, on Mar 26, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Issei Kato)

TOKYO: Japan has no plan to declare a state of emergency from April, its top government spokesman said on Monday (Mar 30), seeking to dispel mounting fears a recent spike in coronavirus cases could lead to a first-ever lockdown of the capital, Tokyo.