I also happen to live in Japan, that's prob why I knew this example well and I'm well aware/critic of the covid situation and the Olympics being pushed forward.

I also happen to live in Japan, that's prob why I knew this example well and I'm well aware/critic of the covid situation and the Olympics being pushed forward. Abe resignation seems to be based on being sick though, there was some, well extreme people measuring how long it took him to walk a fixed distance over time and when he started to slow down significatively, they predicted he was sick. He resigned few days later, officially because of an illness: https://www.wsj.com/articles/japans-abe-goes-to-hospital-for-reported-check-up-following-health-concerns-11597638119 https://www.wsj.com/articles/japans-abe-goes-to-hospital-for...