Top 5 Weird Japan Moments Over Lockdown

As we all wrestle with living through the lockdown in our homes we make sure to nail down a routine that keeps us sane, be it finding new recipes, being productive and discovering new interests. Here in the UK many of us have looked to the daily briefings from our government to receive some kind of semblance of normality or transition back to normality.

But even then, the daily briefings that we once turned to for reassurance, have become more of a farce. Charlie Brooker appeared on NewsNight last month, and said “It’s like eating fruit, isn’t it? If you watch a lot of the news, it’s good for you up to a point, but then it gives you the s***s.”.

Keeping up to date with the news in the UK can be quite depressing. But that doesn’t mean it its the same case when reading about how other countries are coping. Every country in the world has taken and implemented their own cautionary measures of adaptation to the lockdown but let’s just say Japan, as always, takes it their own level.

Japan wouldn’t be Japan if it didn’t, on occasion, leave us bewildered and dumbfounded with what they got up to on their shores. Weird Japan is wonderful, confusing and downright entertaining.

Last month Japan lifted their state of emergency from Coronavirus from 39 out of 45 of their prefectures and we can’t help but be impressed at how they’ve managed to tackle the virus. Then again, they’ve also made some questionable decisions, we’ve compiled 5 Weird Japan moments that happened over…