One important thing Japan did was to not test, which means their deaths are underestimated quite a bit.

But, even accounting for that, they did surprisingly well given the "light touch" on NPIs, and the fact they went through a significant delta wave.https://t.co/XCONx1cwci pic.twitter.com/gksmnEr9bF

— Prof. Michael S Fuhrer (@MichaelSFuhrer) June 19, 2022