South Korea's e-governance may be leaving older adults who are most at risk of COVID-19 uninformed of critical announcements.

In the last year or so, Japan has quietly backed away from championing human rights in North Korea at the United Nations. 

Traditional attitudes towards childcare limit the effectiveness of public policy measures that seek to protect children from accidents.

Japanese perceptions of security threats suggests that Tokyo would find public support for an effort to improve relations with Seoul.

Politicians are trying to garner attention by advancing measures that would contain the coronavirus, but the impact of the virus on public opinion may be overstated.