TOKYO, April 18, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A deer is seen at an empty scenic spot in Nara, Japan, April 18, 2020. Japan\'s health ministry and local governments said Saturday that the number of COVID-19 infections nationwide had risen to 10,098 cases as of Saturday afternoon, as the country enters the first weekend since a state of emergency was expanded nationwide in a bid to stem the spread of the virus. (Kyodo News/Handout via Xinhua/IANS)