Lockdown, Telework, and Other Things Japan Can't Do (w/Rochelle Kopp)

Topics discussed on this episode range from:

Abe's Declaration of a State of Emergency for Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and four other places besides NagoyaThe road leading to that declaration, and the differences between western and Japanese modes of decision making.The lackluster approach to prevention efforts in JapanHow Japan might be able to use its culture of shame to slow the spread of the VirusWhat the current pandemic has done to stereotypes of Japan as clean, polite, obedient, socially distant, responsible to a community, etcWhy Japanese business culture doesn't lend itself to working from homeWhy Japan remains technologically outdated in terms of communication and data storageHow everyone is spending their time in quasi lockdownThe difference between the West and Japan in terms of people sharing their personal experience with the virus or testing.

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