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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

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VOX POPULI Japan's virus deaths low, but health care is on verge of collapse May 26, 2020 "Jishuku keisatsu" (literally, "self-restraint police") was an expression I heard frequently while the government's state of emergency declaration was in force.
VIRUS CUTS MAGAZINE’S SALES Readers rush to help homeless vendors of The Big Issue Japan May 26, 2020 Hajime Shimada lamented the toll the novel coronavirus outbreak has taken on his meager income from selling a long-running magazine that benefits homeless people like himself.

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