Lack of testing doesn't hide the rate of excess deaths. Japan is one of the oldest and densely populated countries in the world. On paper it would be experienci

Lack of testing doesn't hide the rate of excess deaths. Japan is one of the oldest and densely populated countries in the world. On paper it would be experiencing the same results as Italy or even worse. Whether the infection rate has actually flattened or if it's just lower overall death rates is ambiguous. But what's not ambiguous is that the virus has claimed much fewer lives.