Japanese government adviser sparks ire with tweet laughing off calls for Olympic cancellation
CNN
A tweet by a top Japanese government adviser downplaying the pandemic and laughing off calls for the Olympics to be canceled is drawing public ire a few days after Japan extended a state of emergency in Tokyo and three other areas until the end of May.
Kaetsu University professor Yoichi Takahashi likened the number of coronavirus cases in Japan to "a ripple," adding: "so you're telling me people want to cancel the Olympics for this? lol lol." The tweet has garnered over 13,000 retweets since he posted it on Sunday.More Related News