As the days of the Olympics are approaching, a lot of opinions are gathering worldwide.
On last Sunday, when I talked with Indian who is my English teacher, she said “Why cannot Japan cancel the event, in spite of that the vaccine is not completely prepared?”. This is quite correct.
BBC answered clearly that question. Let me share the article.
Anyway, there is something wrong in current Japan. Although almost all citizens realize strangeness, the government is not able to control.
One of the Nikkei’s article(only in Japanese) analyzed the current situation and told the government is not changed from “Japan before WW2”. Showing points of the article.
There are three common points between present-day Japan and the Empire.
(1) No priority
Empire: their strategy was invasion to both North and South
Current: despite continuously the state of the emergency, conducted travel promotion
(2)Harmful of silo organizations
Empire: lack of cooperation between Army, Navy and Ministry of foreign issues and so on
Current: lack of cooperation between Ministry of health and other institutions, between the government and municipalities
(3)Optimism without reasons
Empire: Despite the difference of the national power with the U.S., began the war
Current: Despite the warning of pandemic, there is no improvement on medial system and healthcare centers
Although these comparisons might be a little simplistic, we cannot deny them.
The empire advanced MAD war in 80 years ago and Japan faced catastrophe. Then, how about now and future?
The government and the citizens who elected the party should accept such a humiliating indication; this is the fact.