Despite Japan’s more lenient approach, the age-standardized mortality rate in Japan exhibited a decreasing trend in 2020 and only a slight increase in 2021 [ 21 ], which was similar to the trends observed in Korea.
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Despite Japan’s more lenient approach, the age-standardized mortality rate in Japan exhibited a decreasing trend in 2020 and only a slight increase in 2021 [ 21 ], which was similar to the trends observed in Korea.