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Despite danger and cost, Japan gambles on successful Olympics

The Tokyo Olympic Games is reaching the point of no return. With seven weeks until the opening ceremony, the Japanese government, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and major stakeholders are gambling political reputations and billions of dollars on staging an Olympics that could lift global spirits and show the world how to begin a return to normality or, in the worst case, it could create a superspreader event that savages Japan’s tottering economic recovery and blights the image of the world’s biggest sporting showcase. Mired in controversy since the COVID-19 pandemic caused it to be delayed early last year, the Games

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Tokyo is learning that the only force stronger than a pandemic is the Olympics

Tokyo is learning that the only force stronger than a pandemic is the Olympics
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Tokyo Olympics shouldn t be a superspreader Cancel them

The Straits Times Jules Boykoff Published2 hours ago https://str.sg/JvUD They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months. Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months. including the ST News Tablet worth $398. Let s go! Spin the wheel for ST Read and Win now. Let s go! (NYTIMES) The Tokyo Olympics are in big trouble. Postponed by a year and slated to begin in July, the Games have become a political flash point in Japan, where 60 per cent of the population opposes staging them this summer and where less than 2 per cent of the population is vaccinated for Covid-19.

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Opinion | A Sports Event Shouldn t Be a Superspreader Cancel the Olympics

By Jules Boykoff Mr. Boykoff is a political scientist who studies the Olympics. He is the author of âPower Games: A Political History of the Olympics.â The Tokyo Olympics are in big trouble. Postponed by a year and slated to begin in July, the Olympics have become a political flash point in Japan, where almost 60 percent of the population opposes staging the Games this summer and where less than 2 percent of the population is vaccinated for Covid-19. The International Olympic Committee, local Olympic organizers and Japanâs ruling party maintain that the Games must go on, even amid pandemic conditions. As Covid cases surged in Japan in January, Thomas Bach, the I.O.C.âs president, said he had âno reason whatsoever to believe that the Olympic Games in Tokyo will not open on July 23.â He added, âThere is no Plan B.â

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