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Wednesday, 26 May 2021
A top Japanese Government advisor has quit his post following a backlash over tweets downplaying the pandemic and laughing off calls for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to be cancelled.
Kaetsu University professor Yoichi Takahashi had already generated controversy with a tweet on May 9 in which he likened the number of coronavirus cases in Japan to a ripple .
He added: So you re telling me people want to cancel the Olympics for this? lol lol .
Despite this, he posted another provocative message on Twitter saying that from the perspectives of Europe and North America, Japan’s coronavirus state of emergency probably appears like nothing .
Japan PM adviser steps down after tweets downplaying COVID-19 situation
An outspoken economic adviser to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga stepped down on Monday after his recent online posts drew fire for downplaying the COVID-19 situation in Japan and ridiculing growing calls for the cancellation of this summer s Tokyo Olympics.
Yoichi Takahashi. (Kyodo)
Suga told reporters Yoichi Takahashi, a former Finance Ministry official who is now a professor, has apologized for his remarks and offered his resignation.
On May 9, Takahashi tweeted, Japan is a mere ripple in the ocean, along with a graph showing the number of infections in Japan as much lower than other countries, including India and the United States. So the Olympics should be canceled for this? lol lol.