we felt the distance very much. the last couple of weeks have been a tale of two cities. there is the one behind the fence where there has been this amazing sport and tremendous success forjapan and the tokyo outside where most of the time you would not even have noticed that the olympics has been happening and the same contrast is true for the pandemic. inside the fence, daily testing meant things were kept under control but outside, the pandemic is now out of control. critics say the olympics has sucked away resources leaving the city without enough covid testing kits or vaccinations. it has left a scar- on the japanese society, meaning people are divided i and above all, the games left the economy attacked, if you look at numbers | in tokyo, it isjust increasing. - there is no doubt that the record—breaking haul of medals forjapan has bought