Tokyo Olympics: All 68 domestic sponsors agree to new contracts
4 years ago

Tokyo Olympics: All 68 domestic sponsors agree to new contracts

The Hindu  

Tokyo Olympic officials said on Thursday they have reached a “basic agreement” with all 68 domestic sponsors to extend their contracts into next year to support the postponed Games. The Japanese newspaper Nikkei reported earlier this month — citing sources close to the matter — that the top 15 so-called “Gold Partners” would contribute an added 1 billion yen each. Tokyo Olympic organizers announced earlier this week that their new budget, swollen by the postponement and the cost of holding the Olympics during a pandemic, had increased by $2.8 billion, pushing the official cost to $15.4 billion. Tokyo officials said the Olympics would cost about $7.5 billion when they won the bid in 2013 from the International Olympic Committee.

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The Olympics are more than fun and games. They’re a billion-dollar business with political overtones
6 months, 1 week ago

The Olympics are more than fun and games. They’re a billion-dollar business with political overtones

Associated Press  

The Paris Olympics involve about 10,500 athletes from 200 countries or regions. Income for the latest four-year cycle of Winter and Summer Games ending with the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 was $7.6 billion. In 2021, it awarded Brisbane, Australia, the 2032 Games — 11 years in advance — largely because of influential IOC member John Coates. An Olympic study by …

Ex-Tokyo Olympics official pleads not guilty to taking bribes in exchange for Games contracts
1 year ago

Ex-Tokyo Olympics official pleads not guilty to taking bribes in exchange for Games contracts

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Haruyuki Takahashi, a former member of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, appeared in district court on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to taking bribes tied to the Games. A former executive with the powerful Japanese advertising company Dentsu, Takahashi is charged with accepting around 198 million yen in bribes in exchange for awarding Olympic contracts for the Tokyo …

Tokyo Olympics sullied by bid-rigging, bribery trials more than 2 years after the Games closed
1 year ago

Tokyo Olympics sullied by bid-rigging, bribery trials more than 2 years after the Games closed

Associated Press  

TOKYO — The bid-rigging trial around the Tokyo Olympics played out Tuesday in a Japanese courtroom — more than two years after the Games closed — with advertising giant Dentsu and five other companies facing criminal charges. Executives or management-level officials at each of the accused companies, and Tokyo Olympic organizing committee official Yasuo Mori, have been charged with violating …

Olympic sports bodies want talks with IOC on threats from adding cricket and others to 2028 program
1 year, 1 month ago

Olympic sports bodies want talks with IOC on threats from adding cricket and others to 2028 program

The Hindu  

Olympic sports bodies want urgent talks with the IOC about the risk of cuts in their revenue shares and medal events at the 2028 Los Angeles Games because cricket and other newcomers were added to the program. The International Olympic Committee last month approved cricket, baseball/softball, flag football, lacrosse and squash for 2028 and kept boxing, modern pentathlon and weightlifting …

JOC, Sapporo announce decision to abandon bid for 2030 winter games, seek possible bid from 2034 on
1 year, 2 months ago

JOC, Sapporo announce decision to abandon bid for 2030 winter games, seek possible bid from 2034 on

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Officials from Sapporo and the Japanese Olympic Committee on Wednesday announced a decision to withdraw the northern Japanese city as a candidate to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, with the effort soiled by massive corruption and bid-rigging tied to the one-year delayed Tokyo Games. Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto and JOC President Yasuhiro Yamashita, at a joint news conference …

Tokyo Olympic bribery trial opens; accused accepts guilt
1 year, 10 months ago

Tokyo Olympic bribery trial opens; accused accepts guilt

The Hindu  

A trial looking into widespread bribery at the Tokyo Olympic organising committee began Friday with a former head of a major ad company admitting to the charges. Ueno is accused of paying nearly 15 million yen to Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive at ad giant Dentsu, who wielded powerful influence in selecting sponsors for the 2020 Games. Tokyo officials spent …

Tokyo Olympic bribery trial opens; accused accepts guilt
1 year, 10 months ago

Tokyo Olympic bribery trial opens; accused accepts guilt

Associated Press  

TOKYO — A trial looking into widespread bribery at the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee began Friday with a former head of a major ad company admitting to the charges. Ueno is accused of paying nearly 15 million yen to Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive at ad giant Dentsu, who wielded powerful influence in selecting sponsors for the 2020 Games. Tokyo …

Audit finds Tokyo Olympic costs 20% higher than announced
2 years ago

Audit finds Tokyo Olympic costs 20% higher than announced

The Hindu  

The cost of the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics is 20% higher than organisers said when they announced officials figures more than a year ago, according to a report by the Board of Audit of Japan. "It should set up a system that allows full disclosure to contribute to the people's understanding about the hosting and execution of the event.” Last …

Audit finds Tokyo Olympic costs 20% higher than announced
2 years ago

Audit finds Tokyo Olympic costs 20% higher than announced

Associated Press  

TOKYO — The cost of the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics is 20% higher than organizers said when they announced officials figures more than a year ago, according to a report by the Board of Audit of Japan. “It should set up a system that allows full disclosure to contribute to the people’s understanding about the hosting and execution of the …

Tokyo Olympics cost 20% more than organiser reported: audit
2 years ago

Tokyo Olympics cost 20% more than organiser reported: audit

The Hindu  

Last year’s pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics cost 20 per cent more than the final figure reported by the organising committee, according to an analysis by Japan’s audit board. A report issued late Wednesday found the Games cost 1.7 trillion yen, up from the 1.42 trillion yen reported by Tokyo 2020 earlier this year. The audit board said organisers had incorrectly failed …

Publishing executive charged in Tokyo Olympic bribes scandal
2 years, 2 months ago

Publishing executive charged in Tokyo Olympic bribes scandal

Associated Press  

TOKYO — A top executive at a major Japanese publisher was charged Tuesday with bribing a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member. The charges against Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, a major figure in Japan’s movie and entertainment industry, are the latest in the unfolding corruption scandal related to last year’s Tokyo Summer Games. Takahashi, a former executive at advertising company Dentsu who …

Tokyo Olympics sponsorship scandal widens with more arrests
2 years, 3 months ago

Tokyo Olympics sponsorship scandal widens with more arrests

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Bribery allegations against a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member widened Tuesday as Japanese prosecutors “re-arrested” Haruyuki Takahashi in a case involving suspected payments from a publisher which became a sponsor for the Games. The latest allegations center on 76 million yen Takahashi received from Tokyo-based publishing company Kadokawa, according to Tokyo District prosecutors. The sponsorship allowed Kadokawa, …

Japan makes arrests on bribery suspicions in Tokyo Olympics
2 years, 4 months ago

Japan makes arrests on bribery suspicions in Tokyo Olympics

The Hindu  

A former Tokyo Olympics organising committee board member and three people from a clothing company, which was a surprise sponsor of the 2020 Games, were arrested on bribery suspicions on August 17. “Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive at advertising company Dentsu, is suspected of receiving bribes from the former head of Aoki Holdings Inc. and two company employees,” the prosecutors’ …

Tokyo Olympic aftermath still being untangled a year later
2 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympic aftermath still being untangled a year later

Firstpost  

As a final act before legally dissolving the organising committee on 30 June, president Seiko Hashimoto and CEO Toshiro Muto said the price tag for the Tokyo Games was $13 billion — almost 60 per cent public money. Organisers said the Games would drive tourism, showcase Japan’s technological prowess, and create memories similar to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. “I think …

Delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics cost double original estimate at 1.42 trillion yen
2 years, 6 months ago

Delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics cost double original estimate at 1.42 trillion yen

Firstpost  

The Games cost twice the 734 billion yen that the Tokyo Games organisers had predicted in their bid to the International Olympic Committee in 2013. Tokyo: The final price tag for last year’s Tokyo Olympics was more than double the city’s original 2013 estimate after a one-year coronavirus postponement added to the already hefty bill. The Games cost twice the …

Tokyo closes books on delayed Games; $13 billion price tag
2 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo closes books on delayed Games; $13 billion price tag

Associated Press  

TOKYO — The final price tag for last year’s COVID-delayed Tokyo Olympics was put at $13 billion, the organizing committee said Tuesday in its final act before it is dissolved at the end of the month. “We made an estimate, and the estimate has gone down lower than we expected,” Tokyo organizing committee CEO Toshiro Muto said, speaking through an …

$13 billion cost for COVID-delayed Tokyo Olympics is double the original estimate
2 years, 6 months ago

$13 billion cost for COVID-delayed Tokyo Olympics is double the original estimate

LA Times  

U.S. skateboarder Jake Ilardi competes in the men’s street prelims during the Tokyo Olympic Games. The final price tag for last year’s COVID-delayed Tokyo Olympics was put at $13 billion, the organizing committee said Tuesday in its final act before it is dissolved at the end of the month. Olympics 2020 Tokyo Olympics: Complete coverage from 29th Summer Games News, …

Tokyo 2020 Organisers Trim Cost Estimate For Covid-postponed Olympics
3 years ago

Tokyo 2020 Organisers Trim Cost Estimate For Covid-postponed Olympics

News 18  

Tokyo Olympics organisers revised the estimated cost of the Covid-postponed Games downwards on Wednesday, but the figure was still around double the budget proposed in the city’s original 2013 bid. Despite losing out on ticket sales due to a near-total ban on spectators, organisers said they had saved cash by simplifying events and avoiding the cost of hosting millions of …

Tokyo Olympics 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto says official costs of Games will be known early next year
3 years, 2 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto says official costs of Games will be known early next year

Firstpost  

Although the official cost for Tokyo 2020 has been listed as $15.4 billion, several government audits have shown costs may be much higher. Toshiro Muto, the chief executive officer of the Tokyo Olympic organising committee, said on Tuesday he was not ready to say if the cost of the Games would go higher than the official budget figure of $15.4 …

Tokyo Games CEO: Official costs known early next year
3 years, 2 months ago

Tokyo Games CEO: Official costs known early next year

The Hindu  

Toshiro Muto, the chief executive officer of the Tokyo Olympic organising committee, said on Tuesday he was not ready to say if the cost of the Games would go higher than the official budget figure of $15.4 billion. The people in charge are looking into this.” Muto said it would likely be early next year before the official cost of …

Tokyo Olympics Cost USD 15.4 Billion; But What Else Could That Buy?
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics Cost USD 15.4 Billion; But What Else Could That Buy?

News 18  

The official price tag for the Tokyo Olympics is $15.4 billion, which a University of Oxford study says is the most expensive on record. TOKYO 2020 OLYMPICS – INDIA vs GREAT BRITAIN HOCKEY MATCH | FULL COVERAGE | INDIA IN FOCUS | SCHEDULE | RESULTS | MEDALS TALLY | PHOTOS | OFF THE FIELD | EBOOK The point is, Olympic …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: The Summer Games cost $15.4 billion. What else could that buy?
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: The Summer Games cost $15.4 billion. What else could that buy?

Firstpost  

Olympic costs have been dissected in a study by the University of Oxford, which found that all Games since 1960 have had cost overruns averaging 172%. For example: The 1964 Tokyo Games, he says, “were either one of the cheapest or one of the most expensive Games depending on how much of the preparation costs count as the Olympics.” The …

Tokyo Olympics cost $15.4 billion. What else could that buy?
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics cost $15.4 billion. What else could that buy?

Associated Press  

TOKYO — The official price tag for the Tokyo Olympics in $15.4 billion, which a University of Oxford study says is the most expensive on record. For example: The 1964 Tokyo Games, he says, “were either one of the cheapest or one of the most expensive Games depending on how much of the preparation costs count as the Olympics.” The …

Op-Ed: Tokyo’s Olympics have turned nightmarish. L.A., are you watching?
3 years, 5 months ago

Op-Ed: Tokyo’s Olympics have turned nightmarish. L.A., are you watching?

LA Times  

Athletes are testing positive for the coronavirus, fans aren’t welcome, the Japanese are unhappy — but the powerbrokers insist the Games must go own. In May, as public opinion against the Tokyo Olympics surged along with COVID-19 cases in Japan, International Olympic Committee spokesperson Mark Adams uttered what could be the nine most terrifying words in the Olympic lexicon: “We …

Olympic sponsor Toyota pulls Games-related TV ads in Japan
3 years, 5 months ago

Olympic sponsor Toyota pulls Games-related TV ads in Japan

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Toyota won’t be airing any Olympic-themed The extraordinary decision by the country’s top automaker underlines how polarizing the Games have become in Japan as COVID-19 infections rise ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony. “There are many issues with these Games that are proving difficult to be understood,” Toyota Chief Communications Officer Jun Nagata told reporters Monday. They are passionate …

Holding Tokyo Olympics in pandemic shreds consensus in Japan
3 years, 5 months ago

Holding Tokyo Olympics in pandemic shreds consensus in Japan

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Japan is famous for running on consensus. “It’s a bit like a gambler who already has lost too much,” said Koichi Nakano, a political scientist at Sophia University in Tokyo. IOC President Thomas Bach called Tokyo the “best prepared Olympics ever” — and he still says it repeatedly. “Many people were looking forward to watching the Games at …

Fans banned at Olympics after Tokyo institutes a state of emergency
3 years, 5 months ago

Fans banned at Olympics after Tokyo institutes a state of emergency

LA Times  

Tokyo Olympic organizers will not allow spectators to attend the Games after a new state of emergency was announced in response to a surge in coronavirus cases. The sound of silence in empty stadiums and arenas will unarguably diminish the massive sports competition, said the International Olympic Committee, organizers and government officials in a joint statement that offered “regret for …

Tokyo shapes up to be No-Fun Olympics with many rules, tests
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo shapes up to be No-Fun Olympics with many rules, tests

Associated Press  

TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympics, already delayed by the pandemic, are not looking like much fun: Not for athletes. Dr. Shigeru Omi, the government’s top COVID-19 adviser, called it “abnormal” to hold the world’s biggest sports event during a pandemic. “It’s a bit like a gambler who already has lost too much,” said Koichi Nakano, a political scientist at Sophia …

Tokyo Olympics To Allow Limit Of 10,000 Local Fans In Venues
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics To Allow Limit Of 10,000 Local Fans In Venues

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING TOKYO — A limited number of local fans will be allowed to attend the Tokyo Olympics, organizers announced Monday as they tried to save some of the spirit of the Games where even cheering has been banned. The decision on local fans was announced after so-called Five Party talks online with local organizers, the International Olympic Committee, …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Up to 10,000 fans allowed at sporting events, say organisers
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Up to 10,000 fans allowed at sporting events, say organisers

Firstpost  

Up to 10,000 fans will be allowed at Tokyo Olympic events, organisers said Monday, warning competition could move behind closed doors if infections surge. “In light of the government’s restrictions on public events, the spectator limit for the Olympic Games will be set at 50 percent of venue capacity, up to a maximum of 10,000 people in all venues,” organisers …

Up to 10,000 Spectators Will be Allowed at Tokyo Olympics: Organisers
3 years, 6 months ago

Up to 10,000 Spectators Will be Allowed at Tokyo Olympics: Organisers

News 18  

Up to 10,000 fans will be allowed at Tokyo Olympic events, organisers said Monday, warning competition could move behind closed doors if infections surge. “In light of the government’s restrictions on public events, the spectator limit for the Olympic Games will be set at 50 percent of venue capacity, up to a maximum of 10,000 people in all venues,” organisers …

Tokyo Olympics Organizers Roll Out Final Editions of COVID Rule Books
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics Organizers Roll Out Final Editions of COVID Rule Books

News 18  

IOC Vice President John Coates arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday, the same day that organizers and the International Olympic Committee were set to roll out the third and final edition of their so-called Playbooks. The second version, published in April, was criticized last month in an editorial by The New England Journal of Medicine that said, among other things, that …

Tokyo Olympics still undecided on fans — or no fans at all
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics still undecided on fans — or no fans at all

The Hindu  

The question of allowing any fans into Tokyo Olympic venues is still being debated with a decision unlikely to be announced before the end of the month. READ| Japan considering downgraded emergency state until Tokyo Games start “Thinking in a different way, I think it’s an option to suggest to people to enjoy the games on TV — like teleworking," …

10,000 volunteers drop out; Tokyo Olympics open in 50 days
3 years, 6 months ago

10,000 volunteers drop out; Tokyo Olympics open in 50 days

Associated Press  

TOKYO — The countdown clock for the Tokyo Olympics hit 50-days-to-go on Thursday, and the day also brought another problem for the delayed games. About 10,000 of 80,000 unpaid volunteers for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have told organizers they will not participate when the games open on July 23. “In addition to concerns about the coronavirus infection, some dropped …

HT Editorial: The Olympics dilemma
3 years, 6 months ago

HT Editorial: The Olympics dilemma

Hindustan Times  

There is perhaps no safe way of conducting the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, slated to begin on July 23. The International Olympic Committee has, however, turned a deaf year to calls for cancelling the Games and gone on the offensive — with its longest serving member, Dick Pound, recently saying that cancelling the event was “essentially off the table”. …

Physician warns Tokyo Olympics could spread variants
3 years, 6 months ago

Physician warns Tokyo Olympics could spread variants

Associated Press  

TOKYO — A physician representing a Japanese medical body warned Thursday that holding the postponed Tokyo Olympics in two months could lead to the spread of variants of the coronavirus. “Since the emergence of COVID-19 there has not been such a dangerous gathering of people coming together in one place from so many different places around the world,” he said, …

Major Japan newspaper Asahi calls for Olympic cancellation
3 years, 6 months ago

Major Japan newspaper Asahi calls for Olympic cancellation

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper on Wednesday called for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled with the games set to open in less than two months. “We cannot think it’s rational to host the Olympics in the city this summer,” the newspaper said in its editorial under a headline that read: “We Demand PM Suga Decide Cancellation.” “Distrust and …

Tokyo Olympics 2021: Scientist demands July competition is CANCELLED
3 years, 7 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2021: Scientist demands July competition is CANCELLED

Daily Mail  

A scientist on Independent Sage has called for the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics while the world fights the 'extremely dangerous' coronavirus, as British Olympics chiefs today insisted that Team GB will still attend the July sports competition despite US advice not to travel to Japan. Pictured is a medic going behind an isolation screen at Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical …

IOC VP gets backlash saying Olympics are on, no matter virus
3 years, 7 months ago

IOC VP gets backlash saying Olympics are on, no matter virus

Associated Press  

TOKYO — If John Coates was trying to stir controversy, he succeeded. Coates replied: “Absolutely, yes.” Coates said what the IOC and local organizers have been trying to persuade the Japanese public about for months: The postponed Olympics with 11,000 athletes from 200 nations and territories will open on July 23 and will be “safe and secure.” But his defiant …

John Coates gets backlash for saying Olympics are on, no matter virus
3 years, 7 months ago

John Coates gets backlash for saying Olympics are on, no matter virus

The Hindu  

If John Coates was trying to stir controversy, he succeeded. Coates said what the IOC and local organisers have been trying to persuade the Japanese public about for months: The postponed Olympics with 11,000 athletes from 200 nations and territories will open on July 23 and will be "safe and secure." "Right now, more than 80 percent of the nation’s …

Tokyo Olympics Will Go On Despite State Of Emergency, IOC Says
3 years, 7 months ago

Tokyo Olympics Will Go On Despite State Of Emergency, IOC Says

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING TOKYO — The IOC vice president in charge of the postponed Tokyo Olympics said Friday the games would open in just over two months even if the city and other parts of Japan were under a state of emergency because of rising COVID-19 cases. John Coates, speaking from Australia in a virtual news conference with Tokyo organizers …

IOC VP: Tokyo Olympics go ahead even if state of emergency
3 years, 7 months ago

IOC VP: Tokyo Olympics go ahead even if state of emergency

Associated Press  

TOKYO — The IOC vice president in charge of the postponed Tokyo Olympics said Friday the games would open in just over two months even if the city and other parts of Japan were under a state of emergency because of rising COVID-19 cases. John Coates, speaking from Australia in a virtual news conference with Tokyo organizers at the end …

Most Japan firms say Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled or postponed
3 years, 7 months ago

Most Japan firms say Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled or postponed

The Hindu  

Nearly 70 per cent of Japanese firms want the Tokyo Olympics either cancelled or postponed, a Reuters survey found, underscoring concerns that the Games will increase coronavirus infections at a time when the medical system is under heavy strain. "Variant strains could enter, creating a terrible situation," said Keiko Yamamura, a 58-year old yoga instructor. If the Games, which have …

What could happen if the Tokyo Olympics get canceled?
3 years, 7 months ago

What could happen if the Tokyo Olympics get canceled?

CNN  

CNN — With a little over two months until the start of the Tokyo Olympics, the possibility of a cancellation looms large over the Games. Also last week, the CEO of leading Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten said that holding the Games amid the pandemic amounts to a “suicide mission” – among the strongest opposition so far voiced by a business …

Olympics: World Sailing wants IOC confirmation regarding Tokyo Games
3 years, 7 months ago

Olympics: World Sailing wants IOC confirmation regarding Tokyo Games

The Hindu  

World Sailing has delayed the approval of its financial statements pending a confirmation it has requested from the International Olympic Committee that this year's Tokyo Olympics will go ahead. World Sailing council officials said at their mid-year meeting on Friday that they had requested confirmation from the IOC regarding Tokyo to include the expected revenues from the Games in their …

Tokyo Olympics Highlights May 13: Japanese Dessert Off-limits for Indian Rowers
3 years, 7 months ago

Tokyo Olympics Highlights May 13: Japanese Dessert Off-limits for Indian Rowers

News 18  

Tokyo Olympics Latest Updates May 13: Check out all the latest updates and news as Tokyo prepares for the Olympics. Japanese towns have abandoned plans to host Olympics athletes due to concerns they will overburden already stretched medical resources amid a fourth wave of coronavirus infections. The IOC on Wednesday downplayed concerns over Japanese public opinion calling for the Tokyo …

Anti-Olympics campaign gains traction online in Japan amid COVID-19 fears
3 years, 7 months ago

Anti-Olympics campaign gains traction online in Japan amid COVID-19 fears

The Hindu  

An online petition in Japan calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be cancelled has garnered more than 200,000 signatures in the past few days, as public concerns mount over holding the Games in a pandemic. With less than three months to go before the start of the summer Olympics, already postponed for a year due to the coronavirus, questions remain …

Tokyo Olympic Games could still be cancelled due to coronavirus, senior Japanese government official says
3 years, 8 months ago

Tokyo Olympic Games could still be cancelled due to coronavirus, senior Japanese government official says

ABC  

A senior Japanese ruling party official has admitted cancelling this year's Olympic Games remains an option. Key points: The Olympic Games are just 99 days away The event, originally scheduled for last year, was postponed due to the pandemic Experts say Japan is in the grip of a fourth wave Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, said Japan …

This is why it’s so hard to get Tokyo Olympic ticket refunds
3 years, 8 months ago

This is why it’s so hard to get Tokyo Olympic ticket refunds

LA Times  

The Olympic rings, installed on a barge in Tokyo Bay, are illuminated at night. “It’s not right.” An estimated 600,000 people outside of Japan purchased Olympic tickets through authorized resellers. “Basically, they said no.” Tokyo 2020 officials will refund face value for all tickets sold internationally but have pushed back against reimbursing fees they neither collected nor received. “We’re not …

Tokyo Olympics: Medical experts unconvinced about holding Games
3 years, 8 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Medical experts unconvinced about holding Games

The Hindu  

The Tokyo Olympics open in under four months, and the torch relay has begun to crisscross Japan with 10,000 runners. Japan is dangerous, not a safe place at all.” Sugaya believes vaccinating 50-70% of the general public should be “a prerequisite” to safely hold the Olympics, a highly unlikely scenario given the slow vaccine rollout in Japan. “Tens of thousands …

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