> why not do it now? I'm guessing to give people time to alter their plans etc. > Unless they are magically different from every other country They seem to b

> why not do it now? I'm guessing to give people time to alter their plans etc. > Unless they are magically different from every other country They seem to be! Nobody really knows why, but even if their testing is inadequate you'd still expect to be seeing a lot more deaths if the virus was rapidly spreading. More info: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/03/20/national/coronavirus-explosion-expected-japan/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/03/20/national/corona...