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Episode Details: Pandemic Diaries: How the Emergency Declaration Affected Us
Pandemic Diaries: How the Emergency Declaration Affected Us
Series: NHK WORLD PRIME
Season: Season 4
Episode Number: 16
Air Date:
Duration: 40 min
For months now, the Japanese have found themselves on an emotional rollercoaster every evening when the count of new coronavirus cases is confirmed. To document how the pandemic has affected our day-to-day lives, we asked people from all walks of life to make "selfie diary videos" that are broadcast on the evening news program Shibu Goji. Participants include a tour guide who had zero income in April, and a man with cancer wondering if he can outlive the coronavirus. These and other voices from real life help us to look back on the unprecedented past few months and perhaps orient ourselves to the new normal.