They let something like 80,000 foreigners into the country for the Olympics. I'd say if there is an anti-lockdown that would be it. The virus surged during this

They let something like 80,000 foreigners into the country for the Olympics. I'd say if there is an anti-lockdown that would be it. The virus surged during this period, and one of the hypothesis floating out there was that the voluntary lockdown suggestions were ignored due to the government holding the Olympics. The case numbers went down when they instituted the state of emergency again. But that being said I'm not sure we fully understand why the virus didn't hit Japan as hard. The country does have a stronger mask wearing culture (where people actually fully cover their faces) and a homogenous genetic makeup.