# Japan is pretty nonchalant about COVID-19--and that's OK?!

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [March 24, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-is-pretty-nonchalant-about-covid-19-and-thats-ok/850137 "2020-03-24T01:10:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-is-pretty-nonchalant-about-covid-19-and-thats-ok/850137/61 "2020-03-30T17:04:27Z")

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[Japan is closed](https://soranews24.com/2020/03/30/japan-to-ban-entry-to-foreign-travelers-from-the-u-s-china-most-of-europe/). (The [moose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moose_(M*A*S*H)#Detailed_story) out front should have told you.)

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