Complacency about social distancing seems to be settling in. Tokyo's parks are full of revelers eager to celebrate the arrival of spring
is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers ofEVERY MARCH and April trees along the banks of the Meguro river in Tokyo fleetingly erupt with fat pink and white cherry blossoms, heralding the arrival of spring. For a few glorious weeks, millions of people across the city flee the drudgery of the office and factory to spend an hour or two in places like this, eating and drinking under fallingpetals.
Nobody seems quite sure why. Apart from sending nearly 14m children home from school, the government largely ducked the draconian measures taken elsewhere. Lofty standards of public hygiene have certainly helped—initial reports of the disease triggered panic-buying and street brawls over hand-sanitisers and surgical facemasks. Even the cultural preference for bowing over hugs and handshakes may be playing a part.
Until this week, the capital has still officially been limbering up for the world’s biggest sporting event. The Olympic torch arrived from Greece on March 20th to a forlorn welcoming ceremony at a military base in northern Japan. More than $12bn has been splurged on preparations—though some estimates suggest the eventual cost will be more than twice that.
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