KYODO NEWS - 9 minutes ago - 12:10 | All, Japan, CoronavirusA map created online last month by a South Korean university student charting reported coronavirus cases by Japanese municipality as well as the movements of those infected has garnered praise for being an effective visual representation of the current situation.
The "coronavirus case map" developed by Kyushu University student Lee Dong Yon, 25, utilizes health ministry data to plot the routes traveled by those infected within Japan.
Although prefectural-level maps which record the reported cases throughout the country exist, those by municipality are rare.
Having to continue his studies and job-hunting efforts on top of updating the map, however, the student has seen his sleep time steadily reducing.
"I'd like to see the map filled with green bubbles to indicate the 'recovered' people soon," he said.