Because depending on the circumstances, it would be BOTH 20 May and 21 May... OR BOTH 21 MAY and 22 MAY.
To list it as one date ignores the international time differences.
Me? I'm having an Asahi Super Dry! ;-) And then enjoying all the rationalizations (more than likely dead silence) by the egg-on-face soothsayers post-facto.
How’s things there?
I haven’t had NHK on for several days.
Is there still talk of moving the capital?
Lots of folks are saying the top 1/3 of that island should really be declared uninhabitable.