Japan Shows Coronavirus May Be a Gift—for Would-Be Dictators

Feb 24 2020 by The Daily Beast

 
Carl Court

TOKYO–Early in the coronavirus crisis a senior lawmaker from Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party made a speech referring to the mysterious, frightening, and fast-spreading disease. “Maybe we should think of it as a great experiment,” he said. 

But his thinking was not epidemiological—it was purely political, and in some ways as frightening as the sickness since named COVID-19.

The politician was telling the party faithful that this might be the chance to realize their...

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