Tokyo Olympics: Hokkaido and Fukushima also say no to spectators Kanako Mita and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times The Tokyo Olympics unraveled negatively, even more, this week. This concerns the announcement that spectators in Japan are not allowed to attend venues in Tokyo and the neighboring prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa, and Saitama. However, a window…
Tokyo Olympics: Taxes spent but no attendance unless athletes or privileged Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The government of Japan and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) have spent vast sums on holding the Olympics and Paralympics. Both entities did this despite the full knowledge of the international coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis and…
Tokyo Olympics: India to the United Kingdom face more daily Covid-19 tests Kanako Mita and Noriko Watanabe Modern Tokyo Times The government of Japan, the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC), and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) all understand the unpopularity of the Olympics. This concerns the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis and related economic convulsions. Therefore, with…
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