PM Suga's adviser under fire for downplaying COVID-19 situation in Japan

An economic adviser to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga drew fire for downplaying the COVID-19 situation in Japan and dismissing calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics."Japan is a mere ripple" in the ocean, Yoichi Takahashi tweeted Sunday along with a graph showing the number of infections in Japan as much lower than countries including India and the United States. "So the Olympics should be canceled for this? lol lol."日本はこの程度の「さざ波」。これで五輪中止とかいうと笑笑 pic.twitter.com/Q6JvZCOTUaThe remark, which has been retweeted more than 14,000 times, was criticized as tone-deaf as more t…READ FULL ARTICLE