Do you think Japan is still in the first wave of the coronavirus or has it been experiencing a second wave for the past month as infections rise?

I have to think somewhere in one of the government agencies data are available showing, for those with access, what's actually happening. But I haven't any ability to know what the data show, and given how tightly government control data and information and how tightly they control media access to them, whether or not it's the first or whichever wave is just another in the ever growing lists of 'who knows'.

I think the same can be said for all countries in the world. The authorities have the authority to control data and information, making even riper grounds for conspiracy theories, which just seem to make authoritarian regimes even stronger.

This is probably the second wave already. I actually fear that is there even a point in counting the waves of CV-19 outbreaks anymore. I mean, a country could probably experience dozens of waves throughout the pandemic or they might just experience a continuous tsunami of rising cases.

The Obon holiday will see cases rise all over Japan, as people, from especially Tokyo, have spread the virus-news for next week.....

Japan is sttill in the first wave.

New Zealand is in a second wave.

New Zealand is in a ripple. Hardly a wave.

Let's see if we can work this out.

Tokyo had the virus sweep through the city so they locked it down (a soft-lock but people kept their going out of house to a minimum). Then some government officials decided 'enough is enough' and unlocked the soft lock.

Then the virus swept through the city again.

Or, was the virus always there and when the soft locked down ended did what viruses do, infected people.

An actual second wave will come after the number of COVID 19 patients decreases without a soft lockdown or a vaccine; a natural decline in infections. This hasn't happened yet.

Winter will confirm what wave we are in. I suspect the worst is still to come and if so, we can call it the "second wave". A third wave? I don't even want to go there 'cos I'm optimistically planning a summer vacation 2021, thumbs crossed.

Not quite sure. Let's ask all the workers and visitors at bars, clubs, and sex industries.