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New COVID-19 positives in Tokyo, last 7 days: 39 23 39 36 22 15 28 <-- today Week on week comparison (Tue) 5/12 28 <- today 5/5 58 4/28 112 4/21 123 4/14 160 www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/2020…

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New COVID-19 positives in Tokyo, last 7 days: 39 23 39 36 22 15 28 <-- today Week on week comparison (Tue) 5/12 28 <- today 5/5 58 4/28 112 4/21 123 4/14 160 www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/2020…

A much talked about COVID-19 related term is 自粛警察 jishuku keisatsu, "Self/voluntary restraint police". These are self-appointed vigilantes who go around 'correcting' what they perceive to be violations of Stay Home and other restraining requests.

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A much talked about COVID-19 related term is 自粛警察 jishuku keisatsu, "Self/voluntary restraint police". These are self-appointed vigilantes who go around 'correcting' what they perceive to be violations of Stay Home and other restraining requests.

The number of PCR tests conducted in all facilities (health dept, private facilities), minus re-tests and hospital exit tests, and what pct. of that are new positives. It is explained here (J of course): www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/2020…

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The number of PCR tests conducted in all facilities (health dept, private facilities), minus re-tests and hospital exit tests, and what pct. of that are new positives. It is explained here (J of course): www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/2020…

Some also get violent, by throwing stones at windshields, damaging car bumpers and so on. No physical reports so far (that I can find), but arson is suspected for a fire at a hotel designated as a quarantine place in Gunma.

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Some also get violent, by throwing stones at windshields, damaging car bumpers and so on. No physical reports so far (that I can find), but arson is suspected for a fire at a hotel designated as a quarantine place in Gunma.

Self-restraining police also resort to nasty anonymous DMs, emails, letters and so on. They also put threatening notices on cars with out of prefecture license plates, yell at customers lined up to enter pachinko parlors or izakaya, and more.

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Self-restraining police also resort to nasty anonymous DMs, emails, letters and so on. They also put threatening notices on cars with out of prefecture license plates, yell at customers lined up to enter pachinko parlors or izakaya, and more.

On Friday (May 8) Tokyo started announcing something called a "positive rate" 陽性率 as part of their COVID-19 reports. This doesn't seem to be a standard way of measuring things, but they explain it as follows:

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On Friday (May 8) Tokyo started announcing something called a "positive rate" 陽性率 as part of their COVID-19 reports. This doesn't seem to be a standard way of measuring things, but they explain it as follows:

A whole bunch of antibody testing kits. His heart is in the right place I guess.... I don't know how useful/effective they are though. twitter.com/masason/status…

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A whole bunch of antibody testing kits. His heart is in the right place I guess.... I don't know how useful/effective they are though. twitter.com/masason/status…

No other prefecture so far or the Health Ministry are using 'positive rate', so we'll see if it catches on. Governor Koike said she will use it as one of many data points to determine exit strategies.

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No other prefecture so far or the Health Ministry are using 'positive rate', so we'll see if it catches on. Governor Koike said she will use it as one of many data points to determine exit strategies.

Anyway, they said that at its peak it was 31.6% in mid-April, but as of Friday it was 7.5%. They said that is still a high number, around what it was in mid-March. mainichi.jp/articles/20200…

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Anyway, they said that at its peak it was 31.6% in mid-April, but as of Friday it was 7.5%. They said that is still a high number, around what it was in mid-March. mainichi.jp/articles/20200…

I for one do not give a rat's ass whether the governor of Osaka is 'ikemen' (good looking) or not, but Japanese media frames their reports like 'women are drooling all over him'. Such condescending bullshit.

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I for one do not give a rat's ass whether the governor of Osaka is 'ikemen' (good looking) or not, but Japanese media frames their reports like 'women are drooling all over him'. Such condescending bullshit.

大阪の知事がイケメンかどうかなんて、物凄くどうでもいいんだけど。

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大阪の知事がイケメンかどうかなんて、物凄くどうでもいいんだけど。

女性の政治家も「美人」だの「残念」だのと言われますからね...

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女性の政治家も「美人」だの「残念」だのと言われますからね...

まあそれはあります^^;でもわざわざ「女性はキャーキャー言ってる」みたいな報道は女性をバカにしてるなーと思っちゃいます。

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まあそれはあります^^;でもわざわざ「女性はキャーキャー言ってる」みたいな報道は女性をバカにしてるなーと思っちゃいます。

Here's a graph that shows the numbers really clearly, already updated for today. (There are so many ppl in Japan gathering data, visualizing it, etc. I am so grateful to all of them.) twitter.com/keijitakeda/st…

recently on twitter - Mon, 2020-05-11 09:00
Here's a graph that shows the numbers really clearly, already updated for today. (There are so many ppl in Japan gathering data, visualizing it, etc. I am so grateful to all of them.) twitter.com/keijitakeda/st…

The graph shows important dates (e.g. 4/7 state of emergency first declared; 4/11 start of the 'close down all non-essential business request'; the light red area is the Golden Week holiday period, etc.) also.

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The graph shows important dates (e.g. 4/7 state of emergency first declared; 4/11 start of the 'close down all non-essential business request'; the light red area is the Golden Week holiday period, etc.) also.

I have seen speculation along those lines

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I have seen speculation along those lines

This is in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, which opened up a bit yesterday (restaurants for limited hours, etc)

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This is in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, which opened up a bit yesterday (restaurants for limited hours, etc)

Yokozuna Hakuho has used his prize money from the March tournament to buy 25,000 masks, which he has donated to medical facilities in Japan and Mongolia. twitter.com/azechiazechi/s…

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Yokozuna Hakuho has used his prize money from the March tournament to buy 25,000 masks, which he has donated to medical facilities in Japan and Mongolia. twitter.com/azechiazechi/s…

Note that both the server and customer are wearing masks too. They said customers are encouraged to leave within an hour too.

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Note that both the server and customer are wearing masks too. They said customers are encouraged to leave within an hour too.

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