Dr. Nancy Snow is Pax Mundi (World Peace) Professor of Public Diplomacy at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies.
A declaration of peaceful surrender is in order

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike poses with the unveiled statues of Miraitowa, left, and Someity on Apr. 14: on that same day, Tokyo recorded its highest number of infections since Mar. 21, when the last state of emergency ended. © Reuters
Dr. Nancy Snow is Pax Mundi (World Peace) Professor of Public Diplomacy at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies.