After being exposed 24/7 to Japanese media, you would be forgiven for believing that Japan’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the worst in the world.
Most will be surprised to learn that on the most important objective metrics Japan is, in fact, the best performing of all industrialized democracies.
It is standard operating procedure for Japanese news organizations to focus on negative comparisons.
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