When COVID-19 first surfaced in Asia in January 2020, Japan made global news with its cruise ship challenge in the port of Yokohama. From hindsight, this was handled fairly well and did not spread. Indeed, for most of 2020 Japan looked like a posterchild of how to handle the pandemic. But in early 2021, the country has been hit harder, many hospitals reached their limits and lockdowns were ordered. Join one of Japan’s leading public health experts to learn about the current situation, what the health officials are planning, and how to weigh Japan’s prospects.

Following this talk is an orientation session by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), San Francisco.

Speakers:
• Ung-il Chung (Yuichi Tei), M.D., Ph.D., Professor, The University of Tokyo School of Medicine; Dean, School of Health Education, Kanagawa University of Human Services
• Ulrike Schaede, Professor and Director of the Japan Forum for Innovation and Technology, GPS UC San Diego

This Zoominar is supported by a grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), San Francisco.