Japan

Across cultures, darker people suffer most. Why?
— T-shirt worn by rapper Andre 3000 at a recent concert.

Sputnik – 10.06.2020

A US plan to build new missile sites on the Japanese island of Okinawa has encountered stiff resistance by locals, including the governor, who was elected on a position of getting US forces out of the prefecture.
‘Absolutely Unacceptable’

Back in March, James answered a question about how Japan was reacting to the then-unfolding corona crisis. Now many people are asking for an update, so James takes you out to see how Japan has dealt with the viral panic and what it means for the future of the Japanese constitution.

[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/qfc061-japan2.mp3"][/audio]Back in March, James answered a question about how Japan was reacting to the then-unfolding corona crisis. Now many people are asking for an update, so James takes you out to see how Japan has dealt with the viral panic and what it means for the future of the Japanese constitution.

In Japan, the process of returning to “normalcy” is often tied with the desire of the nation’s leadership to remove limitations imposed on the country by Article 9 of its pacifist constitution adopted in 1947 under (to put it mildly) “pressure” from the US-led occupation administration. And according to a more radical viewpoint, the draft of this document for post-war Japan was in fact written at the headquarters of General Douglas MacArthur, the head of the occupation administration.

This week Japan declared and end to its seven week state of emergency in the battle against against COVID-19.
and it triumphed by following its own playbook.
With a population of 126 million, Japan only recorded some 16, 651 infections and 858 deaths.
 
During a national press announcement this week, President Shinzo Abe underscored the success of his country’s operation, saying,

East Asia has handled and contained the pandemic far better than the West on nearly all metrics
Andrew SALMON
Perhaps the most startling trend visible in the global Covid-19 pandemic is the vast differential separating East Asia from the West when it comes to the disease’s impact.
The chasm is visible – indeed, is impossible not to notice – when examining infection and death rates in either gross or percentage terms.

Eric Zuesse
Until now, I had respected the independent IntelliNews site, and also RT, for their reporting on important geostrategic issues, but their reporting on May 12th regarding Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s coronavirus-19 policies made some allegations which falsely suggest a similarity between his policies and the American President’s policies on coronavrus-19.

By Valery Kulikov – New Eastern Outlook – 03.05.2020

As the entire world suffers the tragic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, the latest anti-American scandals are gaining momentum in Japan.

As the entire world suffers the tragic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, the latest anti-American scandals are gaining momentum in Japan.