yep, a friend of mine told me his friend's dad in Japan says people outside of Japan don't have a clue what's going on there, their gov isn't being truthful about the numbers in the hope to save the Olympics since so much was invested in it.
The delay in the Olympics is going to cost the Japanese taxpayers a fortune. When Japan bid on the Olympics in Tokyo they had no idea that Covid-19 delay is what they were signing up for:
https://time.com/5809524/japan-olympics-postponed-cost-taxpayers/