Chabbawanga comments

But using cash is a cultural tradition. Never change Japan!

Is great things are getting back to normal. This whole situation has been very difficult for a lot of people. Especially bar and restaurant owners /staff. I'll just say one thing though, I am very glad my vulnerable loved ones dont live in Japan.

all the pachinkos open again too in my local area (kyushu)

Expect travel restrictions on countries like Japan and Sweden, which have taken a very different approach to the UK and US. I certainly wouldnt want my elderly family members to visit with corona virus potentially lurking all over the place. How can you think about reopening businesses when they have no idea about the actual number of cases. you dont have to hospitalise every case, but people need to know if they are a risk / at risk. I can picture Abe following all his big buddies around the world and start opening businesses, pretending like he has defeated the virus.

Let them in and lock the doors behind them

Good. Lets just cancel it, and focus on more important issues

China built two massive hospitals in ten days!

with the amount of faffing around it takes to get anything at all done in Japan I would be stunned if they could get a new hospital built in 10 years

seriously? That’s what you’re worried about?

Lol. Typical. Thinking only as far as you can see.

I feel for them, but what's more important, your business or people's lives? Can't have both can we?

Is this a joke? Many of these people are going to tumble into a life of destitution. Whats more important a few old people I don't know or the financial stability, physical safety and wellbeing of my family for years to come? The answer isnt selfish at all. Its survival instict.

We've got nations that recorded their first case almost a full month after Japan, that have peaked and are planning an end to the self isolation. In Japan its just getting started. The government might as well call an end to the crisis for ”all” of the good their countermeasures are doing.

Good job those who still booked are totally immune to COVID-19, and definitely wont be taking it back to their rural hometowns.

This bad with only 8000 cases. Imagine if they actually tested people, and knew the real rate of infection.

They never have my inkan in the shop

Give over! This is a not important at all

That apartment is huge

Yes we all know bullying is a cornerstone of Japanese culture. Just like how refugees from the Tohoku tsunami were bullied, anyone recovering from corona will also be bullied. Ironic how they are so concerned with this chap from the diamond princess, but are also incapable of avoiding pachinko, karaoke, and izakaya for a few weeks.

Remember these infections have occurred over the past 2-3 weeks. Expect this number to keep increasing.

Let's be fair. Having the regular train schedule is definitely the best ideas, considering almost everyone is commuting to work today as usual.

Pachinko car part on my street is already full. We had a local cluster identified not 2 days ago. Idiots. If only corona virus infection was limited to those idiots who ignore all of the health advice... Alas

Is a guy who usually earns 5～10million a year in need if he has just lost his job and has no savings? Another aimai policy from Jgov. Just give everyone something. Those who dont need it should reject the money. Those who take what they dont need when others do are scum.

None of these places would let you in even if you made the effort.

If Abe snuffs it and we left with Aso as PM....

Show us the money! Where does all this tax money go? Taxed through the teeth in Japan, but never see anything for it.

Give it a rest

The fact that they are still babbling on about the olympics on the news just supports this idea that nothing is wrong. There are bigger fish to fry. Cancel the olympics and put all of the resources available towards sorting this mess out. Fortunately, if you venture in to the comments left on Japanese language news sites you can see that the majority of commenters support much stricter action by the government. I just wish they could vocalise these opinions publicly, but I guess that might be counterproductive.

At this point it hardly matters. No-one is travelling anywhere in the world at the moment, unless they are trying to get back home. Anyone travelling for jollies at this time is asking to get stranded.

not important

China went beyond any other nation and implemented draconian laws preventing anyone from leaving their houses. In some cases only one person per household was allowed to go out shopping every few days, and that was only if they carried a permission form. China went down hard on the people, they probably had a really tough time, but their strict top down strategy is what was necessary to stop the virus. Look at the UK, US, and Japan over the coming weeks. Whilst the Chinese economy returns to normal, the rest of the world is going to keep spiralling out of control. We can learn from their example.

Lower the Unemployment rate from 5.4% to 2.2%

Depends how you want to classify employed

Hopefully this means people are taking it a little more seriously. The responses from some of the idiots they interviewed on tv yesterday were infuriating, "I thought i should probably stay at home, but i always go to X bar on a wednesday night. Im glad I did come out though. It helped me to relax being surrounded by other similarly minded ignoramuses".