"Seven weeks ago, the Diamond Princess docked on Japanese shores after coronavirus had torn through the cruise ship, in a case deemed a botched quarantine by critics led by bureaucrats rather than health professionals.
Moreover, Japan was one of the first countries outside of China to document a case of the disease, officially termed COVID-19, as early as January 16.
...A "Second Wuhan" was feared.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's popularity rating plummeted and critics called on him to resign.
But the wild contagion calamity and the inundation of medical facilities seemingly hasn't happened. Why?
"Japan relied on a strategy of quickly identifying clusters of new cases and then imposing containment measures to prevent a larger outbreak,"...
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A man holds a shop advertisement saying "We have masks" in Ginza shopping district Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, in Tokyo. At a government task force meeting Wednesday on the virus outbreak, Japan's Prime Minister Abe said he was asking organizers to cancel or postpone major sports or cultural events over the next two weeks. (AP)
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