The least divisive statement in the saga surrounding the Tokyo Olympic Games assuming, as many people do, that it will happen in about 40 days is that it will be an Olympics like no other.
Overseas fans have been banned; athletes would spend what for many would be the pinnacle of their career sealed off from the outside world; GPS-tracked journalists hoping to escape their hotel rooms for a late-night fix of ramen risk being put on the next flight home.
Since their unprecedented postponement in March last year, as COVID-19 began its surge around the world, the Games have
While the emergency may be called off, some areas, including Tokyo and Osaka, are likely to remain under a quasi-state of emergency, a government official said Friday.