{"id":8549,"date":"2021-08-09T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=8549"},"modified":"2021-08-31T11:00:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T01:00:01","slug":"its-gold-gold-gold-for-japan-and-its-uplifting-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/its-gold-gold-gold-for-japan-and-its-uplifting-games\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s gold, gold, gold for Japan and its uplifting Games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ROWAN CALLICK  | <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two months ago The Economist castigated Japan for its obduracy\u2014one dictionary definition, \u201cstubborn persistence in wrongdoing\u201d\u2014for deciding to press ahead with hosting the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many other analysts and experts, including diverse academics in Australia and elsewhere, published similarly scornful comments. Japan, it was ponderously and gloomily asserted as the Games\u2019 opening came ever closer, was being irresponsible since it was in the middle of a Covid outbreak that could envelope all involved like a tsunami of infection if the event went ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, Japan is 138th on the list of countries with the most Covid-related deaths per million despite its high proportion of elderly citizens, while Australia\u2014doing even better\u2014is 167th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan\u2019s government decided against enforcing strict lockdowns or shutting its borders as the pandemic surged last year. Instead, it leaned heavily on the country\u2019s strong tradition of compliance. For many years most people, for instance, have worn masks in public as soon as they catch a sniffle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Please click here to read the full \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/commentary\/its-gold-gold-gold-for-japan-and-its-uplifting-games\/news-story\/dd7422b364b8736b43822dbff79f2d10\">It\u2019s gold, gold, gold for Japan and its uplifting Games<\/a>\u201d article published at The Weekend Australian, written by Griffith Asia Institute Industry Fellow, Rowan Callick.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROWAN CALLICK | Two months ago The Economist castigated Japan for its obduracy\u2014one dictionary definition, \u201cstubborn persistence in wrongdoing\u201d\u2014for deciding to press ahead with hosting the Olympic Games. Many other analysts and experts, including diverse academics in Australia and elsewhere, published similarly scornful comments. 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