Lockdown protests around Switzerland yesterday, in Bern, Zürich, St. Gallen, even though restrictions are being lifted gradually. tagesanzeiger.ch/hunderte-demon…
Lockdown protests around Switzerland yesterday, in Bern, Zürich, St. Gallen, even though restrictions are being lifted gradually.
tagesanzeiger.ch/hunderte-demon…
Kyoto: 75.6 Ibaraki: > 100 Gifu: > 100 Gunma: > 100 Sunday numbers can be small...let’s hope this slowing down continues.
Kyoto: 75.6
Ibaraki: > 100
Gifu: > 100
Gunma: > 100
Sunday numbers can be small...let’s hope this slowing down continues.
A big problem in regards to Japan though is that way too many professionals/experts are too uncomfortable with spoken English to speak to overseas media. ☹️ I really wish there was something I could do about that.
A big problem in regards to Japan though is that way too many professionals/experts are too uncomfortable with spoken English to speak to overseas media. ☹️ I really wish there was something I could do about that.
Speaking of experts... I have spoken to the media on occasion. About FOOD in Japanese society, culture and history. This is my speciality.
Speaking of experts...
I have spoken to the media on occasion. About FOOD in Japanese society, culture and history. This is my speciality.
New COVID-19 positives in Tokyo, last 14 days: 39 112 47 46 165 160 91 87 58 39 23 39 36 22 <-- today Week on week comparison (Sun) 5/10 22 <- today 5/3 91 4/26 72 4/19 107 4/12. 166 twitter.com/nhk_news/statu…
New COVID-19 positives in Tokyo, last 14 days:
39
112
47
46
165
160
91
87
58
39
23
39
36
22 <-- today
Week on week comparison (Sun)
5/10 22 <- today
5/3 91
4/26 72
4/19 107
4/12. 166 twitter.com/nhk_news/statu…
To conclude: - Everyone has an agenda and an axe to grind - News media really need to try to at least get the views of more than one person, as well as check the backgrounds of self styled “experts”.
To conclude:
- Everyone has an agenda and an axe to grind
- News media really need to try to at least get the views of more than one person, as well as check the backgrounds of self styled “experts”.
Let’s compare that to the papers published by Dr Nishiura, aka “Uncle 80%”, probably the most visible medical expert in Japan atm scholar.google.com/citations?user…
Let’s compare that to the papers published by Dr Nishiura, aka “Uncle 80%”, probably the most visible medical expert in Japan atm
scholar.google.com/citations?user…
Whenever I’m uncertain about an “expert’s” credentials I look up what papers they’ve published. He has a lot re:heart disease and obesity, I don’t see anything about infectious diseases or viruses. scholar.google.com/citations?user…
Whenever I’m uncertain about an “expert’s” credentials I look up what papers they’ve published. He has a lot re:heart disease and obesity, I don’t see anything about infectious diseases or viruses.
scholar.google.com/citations?user…
He’s now offering economic advice to Japan, from his totally much safer abode in London. Busy guy. r.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO…
He’s now offering economic advice to Japan, from his totally much safer abode in London. Busy guy.
r.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO…
I wrote about him a bit in this thread a while back. twitter.com/makiwi/status/…
I wrote about him a bit in this thread a while back. twitter.com/makiwi/status/…
Interesting. One man, Kenji Shibuya, has been very busy giving interviews to several overseas news outlets saying Japan’s COVID-19 strategy is a failure. NYT, BBC, Süddeutsche Zeitung, France 24, Tages Anzeiger, etc. twitter.com/tsukuru_ouu/st…
Interesting. One man, Kenji Shibuya, has been very busy giving interviews to several overseas news outlets saying Japan’s COVID-19 strategy is a failure. NYT, BBC, Süddeutsche Zeitung, France 24, Tages Anzeiger, etc. twitter.com/tsukuru_ouu/st…
However, according to reports in Tokyo for instance only 1/6 of the hotel rooms made available are in use, because people prefer their own homes. That’ll probably be an issue in the US too. tokyo-np.co.jp/article/nation…
However, according to reports in Tokyo for instance only 1/6 of the hotel rooms made available are in use, because people prefer their own homes. That’ll probably be an issue in the US too.
tokyo-np.co.jp/article/nation…
One more, from Himeji, Hyogo. The JDF help to set up and instruct hotel staff on safety procedures. youtu.be/O9cUJbIaQWc
One more, from Himeji, Hyogo. The JDF help to set up and instruct hotel staff on safety procedures.
youtu.be/O9cUJbIaQWc
This is another one set up in Hachioji (suburban Tokyo) Pepper-kun and a cleaning robot are installed to reduce human staff. youtu.be/99w1J8tQ2fI
This is another one set up in Hachioji (suburban Tokyo) Pepper-kun and a cleaning robot are installed to reduce human staff.
youtu.be/99w1J8tQ2fI
They have nurses and a doctor on site 24/7, separate elevators for patients/guests and staff, etc. Bentos 3x a day, water and so on. Everything paid by the Tokyo gov’t. There are now several more such hotels.
They have nurses and a doctor on site 24/7, separate elevators for patients/guests and staff, etc. Bentos 3x a day, water and so on. Everything paid by the Tokyo gov’t. There are now several more such hotels.
This is a news report from April 7 when the first hotel for no/light symptom COVID-19 positive ppl was set up in Tokyo, a Tokyu Toyoko Inn in Otemachi. The army guys are the Defense Force, who helped set it up and more. youtu.be/fVgKZYLI-g8
This is a news report from April 7 when the first hotel for no/light symptom COVID-19 positive ppl was set up in Tokyo, a Tokyu Toyoko Inn in Otemachi. The army guys are the Defense Force, who helped set it up and more.
youtu.be/fVgKZYLI-g8
(Tokyo and other cities in Japan started this in early April) twitter.com/alexvespi/stat…
(Tokyo and other cities in Japan started this in early April) twitter.com/alexvespi/stat…
They always are.
They always are.
Marie Kondo’s English is not that good, for sure. (Of course mocking it is beyond the pale.) Which is why it’s extra amazing that she has had such success internationally. Plus her interpreter on her Netflix show, Marie Iida, is so good.
Marie Kondo’s English is not that good, for sure. (Of course mocking it is beyond the pale.) Which is why it’s extra amazing that she has had such success internationally. Plus her interpreter on her Netflix show, Marie Iida, is so good.
“Please to buy my cutting board” is really not the kind of grammatical mistake a native Japanese speaker would make in English. It’s what a usually monoglot English speaker would say to mock someone’s English.
“Please to buy my cutting board” is really not the kind of grammatical mistake a native Japanese speaker would make in English. It’s what a usually monoglot English speaker would say to mock someone’s English.