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Information as the Key: Evaluating Japan's Response to COVID-19

The triad of robust state capacity, strong social trust, and competent leadership has been proposed as essential for a successful national response to the COVID-19 crisis The flow of information among individuals and entities responsible for the response, and from them to the public, is the thread which unites and activates this triad itself Effective response depends on timely and unambiguous information being openly available to government bodies, leaders, and society alike Although Japan's pandemic experience at the time of writing has been mercifully mild, the official Japanese response has objectively been quite flawed on many counts What can be observed about the accessibility and transparency of the information concerning the pandemic that has been provided to the Japanese public?