Apr 12, 2021
In late March, Yuko Arimori, a two-time Olympic medalist, found herself in a tense exchange on live TV with an official from the Tokyo Games’ organizing committee. It was a Sunday evening, less than a week before the start of the Summer Olympics torch relay in Japan, and Arimori had been invited, along with seven others, to public broadcaster NHK’s downtown Tokyo studios to discuss whether the country should host the world’s biggest sporting event in the midst of a pandemic.
The day before, the organizing committee had announced that spectators from overseas would not be allowed to attend the Games. It was a concession to those who opposed the event’s continuation, but one that also signaled the organizers’ determination to salvage what they could of the first Games to be postponed in the modern Olympics’ 125-year history.
Japan s cherry blossom economic boost to take 70%-plus hit due to pandemic: estimate
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Rakuten Eagles pitcher Masahiro Tanaka warms up. (Kenji Matsuzawa)
Masahiro Tanaka’s return to Nippon Professional Baseball will generate 5.717 billion yen ($54.2 million) a year for his team and the local economy of Miyagi Prefecture, according to an estimate by an expert in the field.
Katsuhiro Miyamoto, a professor emeritus of economics at Kansai University, released his research results on Feb. 17, a few weeks after the star pitcher rejoined the Rakuten Eagles following seven years of playing for the New York Yankees.
He reportedly signed a two-year contract for an estimated 900 million yen a year, plus incentive bonuses.
Miyamoto said that deal is a steal for the local economy.