Very much so.

When I consider how much time I have spent researching, checking, and rechecking just before departure that I am good to go for my travels during the last 2 years (the first 6 months Japan made sure that was not an option), I understand the frustration this experience has been, but I have a very difficult time feeling a great amount of sympathy for the situation which was entirely avoidable with a bit of research in to how the visa situation was supposed to flow.

Even going back to my home country has had at least 4 different entry requirements over 2 years, and I think Japan has been at least slightly different every single trip so far. It has been a weird period to travel in for sure, and it is not yet fully back to normal.