The screen switched to a live feed of the Japanese press conference.

Interestingly, there was only a single person in the room—the Japanese press secretary himself, and there was no press in the room.

He looked embarrassed, adjusting his glasses and taking a deep breath before moving up to the podium.

After he did, he spoke in Japanese, "As a representative of the Japanese Ministry of Science and Cultural Development, I must first apologize to everyone across the world that our problems have