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No, the handling of the situation is worse than has been widely reported in the west. Japan is functionally doing nothing to contain it’s spread right now: htt
by claudeganon 7y ago
No, the handling of the situation is worse than has been widely reported in the west. Japan is functionally doing nothing to contain it’s spread right now:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/opinion/coronavirus-japan-abe.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/opinion/coronavirus-japan...
Japan has very poor rankings on press freedom, reporters are routinely fired for questioning the government, and Abe has a long history of being a dishonest, self-serving, authoritarian.
https://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-japan-press-freedom-20160420-story.html https://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-japan-press-freedom...
They should be responding like Korea has been, but instead are just ignoring the situation.
- electriclove 7y agoYup.. because the games must go on!! /s