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> Meanwhile people just assume Japan's numbers must be honest because... why?

Maybe because modern Japan doesn't have a track record of mass censorship and disappearing people who oppose governmental line?

Chinese gov is trying to blame US as source of the virus. I think Trump only dreams of being 'creative' on that level.

That said, I am not defending or justifying gov of Japan. This can be incompetence or malicious data tampering to look better.