I'm all for masks, but this is incorrect. All shops are blaring social distancing and putting marks on the floor, the entire country was under a state of emergency for a while, concerts and other mass events have been canceled for months, businesses have reduced hours or stopped.
The trains are peaking at much lower capacity than before. A "crowded" train in Japan is normal. Instead, people getting pushed and crammed in is standard during peak transit hours on certain lines. Now with COVID, instead you "just" get "crowded" trains in peak hours.
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Also, that's during workdays. In particular during the state of emergency, things were *deserted* on weekends. People are going to work, and Japanese companies suck at WFH, but everyone is cutting down on leisure.
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Another datapoint: I hit the arcade the other day for the first time since March or something, and it was eerie. I think there were like 4 people in the entire floor. Windows were open to let the air circulate. So yeah, it's not "business as usual, but with masks" here.pic.twitter.com/qa1WzxC6xX
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