Tokyo Olympics 2020: Japanese condom-makers fear anticlimax over fans at Games
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Japanese condom-makers fear anticlimax over fans at Games

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Since the 1988 Seoul Games, hundreds of thousands of free condoms have been distributed at the Olympics, to encourage safe sex as the world’s elite athletes mingle at close quarters. “The distributed condoms are not meant to be used at the Olympic Village,” the organising committee told AFP. “It’s only Japanese companies that now manufacture condoms as thin as 0.01-0.02mm,” spokesman Hiroshi Yamashita told AFP at the time. “We see as an extremely precious opportunity to let the world know about Japan’s high technology.” The pandemic has brought on hard times, with Japan’s borders effectively closed to tourists and Olympic organisers barring overseas spectators for the first time in history.

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3 years, 6 months ago

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News 18  

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