Japan Declared a Coronavirus Emergency. Is It Too Late? (Published 2020)

TOKYO — For months, Japan has confounded the world by reporting a relatively low rate of coronavirus infections without imposing the kind of stringent measures used by other nations. As the country now declares a state of emergency in the face of a worrisome rise in cases, medical experts are wondering whether the move on Tuesday has come just in time to avoid calamity, or is too little, too late.

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「換気」が入ってない >Those places are defined by the government as the “3 Cs” — closed spaces where crowds meet in close proximity