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I'm surprised that Japan's government is feeling this as a priority right now... There are no problems for goods importation between Japan and China now, and as

I'm surprised that Japan's government is feeling this as a priority right now... There are no problems for goods importation between Japan and China now, and as in China the pandemics has been largely reduced, there should not be in the near future neither. PS: Japan and more precisely Tokyo is on the brink to imitate the human tragedy of Italy and US, so maybe they could vote some different budgets for now... (like, BUYING TESTS) PPS: economical decoupling is typically building the path for war, instead of reinforcing cooperation. Humanity needs to cooperate to progress swiftly, and the more there are wars the more the efforts of everybody are wasted (or worse destroy others). psst: for people downvoting, I'd love your counter-arguments

numpad0 7y ago
From my personal Japanese perspective the issue is clear: the situation isn’t tangibly horrible, so the higher up politicians aren’t amused. They’re feeling underwhelmed, betrayed even, that the experts they think who represent the virus are still demanding more out of the government.
- henearkr 7y ago
  Yes, exactly. How can we teach them "to fscking look 10 days from now on the graph!"... It feels like they are used to gambling thinking "oh look, the new cases are slightly reduced today, so there is maybe no problem!". A failure to understand simple modeling and statistics.
chvid 7y ago
You are correct but in this situation there is fear and anger which leads to isolationist policies. The path out of this, both the handling of the virus and the economic fallout, is more corporation and trade. For Japan it means more trade with China as it is dependent both on Chinese supply and Chinese demand. I think the policies will be walked back or just become overshadowed and insignificant.
- henearkr 7y ago
  I am disappointed that only people who agree with me want to present their arguments :)
hindsightbias 7y ago
I love Japan, but there is such a disconnect between planning management and crises management in the country. Watching NHK live while the PM’s office read from their TepCo supplied everything-is-fine talking points while Fukushima #3 exploded in the background was just... sublimely surreal. Even the commentators hesitated to note the exploding nuclear reactor building because it was no doubt disrespectful to the PM.

numpad0 7y ago

From my personal Japanese perspective the issue is clear: the situation isn’t tangibly horrible, so the higher up politicians aren’t amused. They’re feeling underwhelmed, betrayed even, that the experts they think who represent the virus are still demanding more out of the government.

henearkr 7y ago
Yes, exactly. How can we teach them "to fscking look 10 days from now on the graph!"... It feels like they are used to gambling thinking "oh look, the new cases are slightly reduced today, so there is maybe no problem!". A failure to understand simple modeling and statistics.

chvid 7y ago

You are correct but in this situation there is fear and anger which leads to isolationist policies. The path out of this, both the handling of the virus and the economic fallout, is more corporation and trade. For Japan it means more trade with China as it is dependent both on Chinese supply and Chinese demand. I think the policies will be walked back or just become overshadowed and insignificant.

henearkr 7y ago
I am disappointed that only people who agree with me want to present their arguments :)

hindsightbias 7y ago

I love Japan, but there is such a disconnect between planning management and crises management in the country. Watching NHK live while the PM’s office read from their TepCo supplied everything-is-fine talking points while Fukushima #3 exploded in the background was just... sublimely surreal. Even the commentators hesitated to note the exploding nuclear reactor building because it was no doubt disrespectful to the PM.