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I would add the general opacity that the government has become accustomed to over the previous decades. For a long time, the Japanese people (meaning voters) have behaved in a docile manner, in deference to political power and corporate will.
The LDP admin was able to push ahead with its optimistic projection that the COVID crisis will be taken care of by this time of year. Additionally, the LDP admin was able to curb experts to its will, so that mostly optimistic views were propagated in the mainstream media.
Additionally, there is a culture of power-friendly media that almost never frontally challenges politicians or corporations (i.e. sponsors). Dissent is expressed euphemistically if expressed at all. One exception is during a public outcry. The large media corporations may
