41: How can Japan's response to coronavirus improve?

Brad Glosserman talks about where the country could and should be doing better. Hosted by Oscar Boyd.

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Read more:

• COVID-19 crisis could get much worse • (Brad Glosserman, The Japan Times)

• Abe to hasten legal preparations for declaring state of emergency over COVID-19 • (Satoshi Sugiyama, The Japan Times)

• 'What should I do?': Japanese mothers struggle to cope after virus shut schools • (Mari Yamaguchi, AP)

• With the coronavirus canceling classes, what are English teachers to do? • (Patrick St. Michel, The Japan Times)

• Abe uses news conference to battle criticism — and coronavirus • (Satoshi Sugiyama, The Japan Times)

• 'Just Cancel it!' trending hard as coronavirus gets Olympic push from '88 anime 'Akira' • (Bloomberg)

• How far can Japan go to curb the coronavirus outbreak? Not as far as you may think • (Tomohiro Osaki, The Japan Times)

Photo by AP/Jae C. Hong