TOKYO—Desperate old men in Japan desperately seeking to avoid responsibility for their failed coronavirus policies are taking desperate measures. This week, authorities introduced legislation that would punish anyone infected with COVID-19 who refused to be hospitalized with up to a year in jail or fines up to $10,000. It's being played as a last-ditch crackdown on COVID-19, but some worry that it's just a cover for failed policy and will make things even worse. Just as they had at the beginning of the pandemic, members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party are quietly discussing using the crisis to ramrod through legislation which would give the prime minister absolute power in a state of emergency , once again. The virus may prove lethal for Japan's democracy. The country that once bragged it had contained the virus due to "the superiority of the Japanese people" —as Minister of Finance Taro Aso proclaimed in June—is now resorting to stiff fines and imprisonment to curb the largest spike in cases yet. Japan will not be the first developed country to institute harsh penalties for violating coronavirus restrictions: France and Italy imposed strict fines on people leaving their homes; the UK allowed for fines of… Read full this story
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