【by Nobutaka Otobe, June 2021】 For this Japan-curated sub-issue, we have focused on the topic of the relationship between politics and science during the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 18 months have pa…
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【by Satofumi Kawamura, June 2021】 The impact of COVID-19 is accelerating global uncertainty. It has previously been remarked that as the world becomes uncertain, this uncertainty is regarded as the mo…
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Japan’s Misunderstanding of COVID-19 Risk Management: Managing the People, Not Risks? | Takayuki Onai
【by Takayuki Onai, June 2021】 The Current Situation in Japan Japan is in the midst of its third state of emergency, as this essay is written. Tokyo has remained under a state of emergency since the be…
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Talking about the Biomedical Aspects of Humans without Hesitation | Sakino Takahashi
【by Sakino Takahashi, June 2021】 COVID-19 has clarified that biological and biomedical matters are at the base of our lives. “How is the PCR test going?” “How is the vaccination going?” Not a day…