Why Japan is trailing the rich world on Covid vaccinations – The Times

In all ways but one Japans handling of the coronavirus pandemic has put its peers in the rich developed world to shame.
Without forced lockdowns or a prolonged closure of schools, a large, rich country with some of the worlds biggest and most densely populated cities has kept infections down to a level that would be regarded as a triumph in Washington, Paris or London.
Well-established habits of hand washing, mask-wearing, and the custom of greeting with bows rather than handshakes and embraces,…

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