for anyone interested, the number of infected people in japan has been steadily rising, standing at 532 cases at last count. the most affected areas are eastern japan – shizuoka, miyagi and chiba prefectures as well as tokyo keep cropping up in tallies – and kyushu.
there are about 20 to 30 new cases occurring daily throughout japan, and the daily yomiuri’s japanese website is probably the most up-to-date with reports. there is no more mention of swine flu on the online, english editions of japanese newspapers though, and i think the general attitude in japan is that things are fine.
it was really interesting how quickly public perception changes: the moment schools in hyogo and osaka were ordered to close for a week, everyone went into a state of panic, masks started flying off the shelves and everyone was wearing a mask. however, the moment the week ended and schools were reopened, it was as if swine flu never happened and all the masks came off. super weird.
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