Note that this article was originally published on April 7th. Since then, Hokkaido had to reinstate the lockdown because they reopened too early and were slamme

Note that this article was originally published on April 7th. Since then, Hokkaido had to reinstate the lockdown because they reopened too early and were slammed by the virus again [1], they had the highest number of deaths in a single day [2], they've had to expand the state of emergency to cover all of Japan [3] and they've struggled to provide adequate testing. [1] https://time.com/5826918/hokkaido-coronavirus-lockdown/ https://time.com/5826918/hokkaido-coronavirus-lockdown/ [2] https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/04/74cadc7b150c-japan-reports-23-new-coronavirus-deaths-highest-for-single-day.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/04/74cadc7b150c-japa... [3] https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200417_01/ https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200417_01/