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NewsColony Viral content: Tokyo governor’s distancing call is online hit © STR Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has become an accidental social media hit with messages promoting social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic Manga, music and even video games: calls from Tokyo’s governor for residents to practise social distancing to stem the spread of coronavirus have inspired a slew of viral online tributes. On Twitter, a clip from a game in which players roam around town finding and breaking up gatherings was shared tens of thousands of times after being posted on Monday. A suit-clad female politician can be seen running — or flying — towards groups of people and bouncing them apart with a wave of her hand. Governor Yuriko Koike has spearheaded calls for Tokyo to take a rising number of infections more seriously, pushing for the state of emergency the government has now declared nationwide. In near-daily messages to the capital’s residents, she has warned people to avoid areas...