No, the handling of the situation is worse than has been widely reported in the west. Japan is functionally doing nothing to contain it’s spread right now:
Japan has very poor rankings on press freedom, reporters are routinely fired for questioning the government, and Abe has a long history of being a dishonest, self-serving, authoritarian.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/opinion/coronavirus-japan...
Japan has very poor rankings on press freedom, reporters are routinely fired for questioning the government, and Abe has a long history of being a dishonest, self-serving, authoritarian.
https://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-japan-press-freedom...
They should be responding like Korea has been, but instead are just ignoring the situation.