Giant signs have been set up in Tokyo's famous Shibuya Ward telling people not to come for Halloween this year.
While the local government must wait until after the Paralympics to convert the venues, it has set up 100-plus bed “oxygen stations” for patients at risk...
The Summer Games also exposed various inadequacies in Japanese emergency abilities and distortions in postwar Japanese society.
“The shops will be able to survive,” says Nakagawa. “It comes down to the same things: management and branding. And we can help with that.”
Despite their different viewpoints, they all acknowledge the uniqueness of holding the Games during the coronavirus pandemic.
Shionogi’s plans involve regional partners and will help supply vaccine across Asia, providing a balance to China’s expansion of its “vaccine diplomacy”.