kokontozai comments

I'm not sure whether it it OK or not, however, many Japanese ignore the Covid-19 at all and enjoy "Kimetsu no Yaiba". Fortunately, Japan is in such situation.

TheRat

Sorry, I made mistake about your name, however, If we have strong sincerity, I think we don't make such careless mistake.

sf2k

I think you have never gone to Southeast Asian countries.

TheTRat

I think they didn't want to enter your university.

If we don't have any knowledge, I think we should not make any comments. Fuji could not apply for a long time due to lack of many patients for clinical trials in Japan. However, I agree that Avigan is not efficient to the serious patients.

much better than lockdown.

As usual, Koreans are very childish. They forget that they helped increase of comfort women and fought against the Allies with Japan.

It is difficult for Japan to hold the Olympic Games in 2021. The Covid-19 is not so critical disease for Japanese, however, it is very dangerous for the certain foreigners unfortunately. The Olympic Games depends on the vaccines. But France and the U.S. were very respectable because they held the international tennis games even in these terrible situations.

Keep the testing low thats the way...

Based on the present data, east Asians have strong constitution against the Covid-19 fortunately and don't die easily even in the situation of packed trains and restaurants. Therefore, I think it is not a problem that Japan don't test aggressively.

(Tests/1M pop) S.Korea 46k, Japan 18K, Vietnam 10K, Taiwan 4K

However, I can understand that the foreigners living in Japan want more aggressive tests. I hope Covid-19 vaccines will be available soon.

Takeda's goodwill and intangible assets are 66% of its total assets and I think its management seems to take dangerous bets. Its share price has not been so good recently. (Some investors seem to worry about abrupt impairment loss.)

Anyway, the shareholding rate of foreigners was 46% at the end of March 2020 and Takeda acquired an Irish company, so, it is difficult to call Takeda the "American" company. And I think "American" should not be highlighted in the topic of the Covid-19 due to its death toll.

Japanese researchers have heavy handicap of language for collaboration with foreign researchers. In an era of collaboration, Japanese researchers may owe disadvantage increasingly. However, in an era of AI, human study may be outperformed by AI and the Nobel Prize may disappear.

I read this article in Japanese language a week ago.  Top story ?

By the way, it is difficult for Japan to raise the ranking because of various reasons such as GDP shrink, natural disasters and IT problems. Some foreigners don't want to live in Japan due to earthquake.

The generic drugs of Avigan have already been approved in Russia and India for treatment of Covid-19. (Favipiravir and Avifavir) However, I am not sure of effectiveness in both countries.

Considering the excess mortality related with the covid-19, I think many countries manipulate various statistics. The excess mortality of Japan is less than zero, therefore, Japanese statistics could be slightly better than those of the other countries.  Please figure out the terrible situation of your countries before criticizing Japan

It is impossible to succeed the position of Hong Kong.

It is very strange that the article didn't mention the monetary easing policy of the Bank of Japan.

UN does not have any political power, especially during the present era of nationalism. Japan doesn't need to enter the Security Council at all and had better reduce the financial contribution, which Japan has owed too much. According to the recent CNN's investigation, "More than half (55%) of Japanese respondents had an unfavorable opinion of the international body (UN), while just under three in 10 people (29%) reported a favorable opinion." Many Japanese don't trust UN.

I think "Anti-Japan Tribalism (反日種族主義）” written by some Korean professors should be also translated in English. And if possible, the truth of the comfort women should be discussed in public, because many Japanese, including me, don't know whose opinions are more accurate.

According to today's Nikkei Shinbun, Suga's supporting rate is 74%. I think the reliability of Japanese mass media is quite low and a growing number of Japanese don't believe them.

I cannot understand why Kyodo issued this article only in English and has not informed Japanese of it.

I think most Japanese have already lost interests in Ghosn and the two helpers. It is better that they will stay in their countries for avoiding the spread of the Covid-19.

Especially considering the 2011 earthquake and the potential metropolitan earthquake, it is not strange that young Japanese feel blue and become negative.

I think that many persons feel boring to same comments and explanation for unemployment rates of japan after release of monthly job reports.　We do not need to worry so much because Japan has various social aid systems for unemployed people and originally has been in short of workers, which had brought many foreign workers. 

Cricky[

Do you live in Japan ? I think that the number of people living under bridges is less than 100 out of more than 120 million population.

It is obvious Abe is not the greatest PM in Japan's history, but it is certain that many foreign leaders, including UK, Australia, India, Singapore, Canada, Taiwan, etc. admired of him through their SNS. And I think that at least we have to appreciate to him about the JPY 100,000. www

Anyway, I think that you had better worry about your home countries with more terrible situations.

The remaining 1.4% mainly consists of those who did not need 100,000 because of their richness or prides.

Although many persons have frustration against the success of Japan, it is about time to accept the reality. I thing that we do not need to worry about the novel virus so much.

However, the monthly suicide numbers of this year show the trend of decrease.

There is possibility that the suicide rate of Japan will become better than those of the U.S and Germany in this year.

The numbers of suicide for this year are as follows; (the last year ) 

January : 1,667 (1,684)

February : 1,434 (1,615)

March : 1,704 (1,856)

April : 1,455 (1,814)

Up to now, the number has decreased against the last year. However, if the effect of the novel virus continues, suicide may increase in the near future. The reason why suicide in April decreased significantly could be "stay home" orders. Because of not going to offices or schools, many people may feel peaceful.

Bullying is very bad problem, however, comparing with that poor people in U.K and U.S are easy to die during the novel virus, bullying is not so serious matter.

I think that Japan is very weak to the foreigners' pressures, therefore, if you have complaints to the Japanese government, the public demonstration may be very effective.