Japan's systemic myopia日本見樹不見林 Japan's obsession with perfection is an Olympic-sized problem

Roland KeltsMay 22, 2021 05:00 JST
A hospital staff member checks the temperature of Pfizer's vaccine on Feb. 16: Japan's systemic myopia creates a muddled micro-focus that lacks vision. © Reuters



Roland Kelts is the author of "Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture has Invaded the U.S.", an editor of "Monkey: New Writing from Japan," and a visiting professor at Waseda University.






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Japan is faltering on vaccine delivery because of an obsession with the proper functioning of every node in the system without a bigger vision of what the system should be doing, writes Roland Kelts.




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Japan's obsession with perfection is an Olympic-sized problem