A few paragraphs into the article: > Some possible factors in Japan’s success include a belated but remarkably rapid vaccination campaign, an emptying out of m

A few paragraphs into the article: > Some possible factors in Japan’s success include a belated but remarkably rapid vaccination campaign, an emptying out of many nightlife areas as fears spread during the recent surge in cases, a widespread practice, well before the pandemic, of wearing masks and bad weather in late August that kept people home. Nothing mysterious here.