Ever since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic three years ago, the fight against the disease and its consequences have been the top priority for Japan, which poured trillions of yen into vaccines, the health care system and financial aid to individuals and businesses.
But Japan has downgraded the legal categorization of COVID-19 this week to the same level as seasonal flu, putting an end to various coronavirus measures.
This raises some important questions: How much taxpayer money was used for such measures over the past three years? And was it all worth it?
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