Life in Japan · 22. May 2020

Our School in Lockdown Abe’s sudden announcement of school closure for the first 2 weeks of March threw our school into turmoil. Abe’s announcement came on the Thursday night. All public schools would close from the following Tuesday for 2 weeks. We mirrored the public policy. We held lessons until Monday evening and then closed. Interestingly, our students self isolated before the lockdown. Our lessons were sparsely attended. Because Abe’s announcement was so sudden, we were