While Japan has been rather efficient (or lucky) in containing the spread of the coronavirus that originated in China last year, there are a couple of points still rather mysterious to me.
Why social distance has to be kept in restaurants and theaters but not in trains or buses? I don’t understand why restaurant owners must be penalized but transportation companies don’t need to take measures like elsewhere in the world.
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