> Where I live (Japan) [...] the number of excess deaths in covid waves was negative. Not in 2021 or 2022 according to [1]: "Japan had excess deaths of up to 1

> Where I live (Japan) [...] the number of excess deaths in covid waves was negative. Not in 2021 or 2022 according to [1]: "Japan had excess deaths of up to 113,000 in 2022, more than double the figure of up to 50,000 the year before, according to newly released health ministry statistics" [1] https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/04/06/national/science-health/excess-deaths-doubled-2022-covid19/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/04/06/national/scienc...