Japan is not rallying around its prime minister
Even though the country has come through the pandemic in relatively good shape
SINCE JAPAN recorded its first case of covid-19 on January 16th, 784 people have died across the country of 126m, fewer deaths than in one day in New York City during the peak of the outbreak there. On May 14th the government lifted the state of emergency in 39 of Japan’s 47 prefectures, with more likely to be released this week. In terms of deaths relative to population, Japan ranks alongside South Korea, whose government has been widely praised for its management of the pandemic.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Unscathed but scathing”
Asia May 23rd 2020
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