Japan is definitely a culture of "follow the crowd." It's why too many people have gotten the death jabs, and I've seen some children at my schools suffer as a result. One boy is in the hospital from a blood clot in his leg. But nobody knows of ivermectin. The news cycle here remains a 24/7 vaccine advertisement and while they have the honesty to admit that the "omicron" variant so far has proven to be mild, they continue to push for vaccines. Only 6 new cases in Tokyo as of yesterday, and I think if ivermectin is being prescribed, it's because local doctors are subverting the corporate-owned government narrative by using the medicine. My doctor knows of ivermectin, but normie Japanese have never heard of it. I challenged my doctor to look up what Dr. Kary Mullis said about his PCR invention being used as a means of testing for illness and she was surprised what she learned.