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Opinion

Japan is not ready for an influx of foreign visitors

COVID-19 undermining Japan's sense of solidarity, mutual trust and responsibility

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An Indian man who remained in Japan holds his son after he arrived with his mother on a flight from New Delhi to Haneda Airport on Oct. 1: the coronavirus pandemic is testing Japan's strength.   © Getty Images

Dr. Nancy Snow is Pax Mundi (World Peace) Professor of Public Diplomacy at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies.

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