William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
President Joko Widodo's leadership as cases rise has been less than hands-on


Joko Widodo greats his supporters during the campaign ahead the presidential election in Jakarta in April 2019: Jokowi failed to curb the economic nationalism run amok in Jakarta politics. © NurPhoto/Getty Images
William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."