https://www.scmp.com/rss/505701/feed Fumiko Sasaki, PhD, teaches Asian politics-related courses at Columbia University graduate schools. She is the author of Nationalism, Political Realism and Democracy in Japan and earned her PhD from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, where she taught East Asian Security. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The Covid-19 pandemic has been spreading fear worldwide: fear of being infected and, in the worst case, dying; fear of losing loved ones; fear of being laid off or devastated financially, and; fear of being isolated for a long time. Wherever you are in the world, this pandemic evokes these fears. Japan is no exception. Although my home country has so far escaped having a massive number infected and killed by the disease, people have been living with these fears since the first infection was... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3081766/japanese-stigma-sick-much-greater-fear-coronavirus-itself?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3081766/japanese-stigma-sick-much-greater-fear-coronavirus-itself?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Apr 2020 01:30:10 +0000