is a huge event and it is dangerous in some aspect for people here because of the risk to the crowds and the royal family of course. i to the crowds and the royal family of course. to the crowds and the royal family of course. i know that there are family of course. i know that there are quite family of course. i know that there are quite a family of course. i know that there are quite a few- family of course. i know that there are quite a few people | there are quite a few people who have been there for quite some time. i know one gentleman has been there a camping out for nine days on the mall. what about other people? if you want to die down and try and try your luck now, is it possible still to go down and get a good viewing spot on the mall? yes. viewing spot on the mall? yes, well, i viewing spot on the mall? yes, well. i mean. viewing spot on the mall? yes, well, i mean, i viewing spot on the mall? yes, well, i mean, i haven t- viewing spot on the mall? yes, well, i me
reporter: right now it s still early. we got cyclists and joggers going past us. this will be a prime viewing spot for a lot of people this haven t. there aren t any city fireworks here, there will be some north of us and marina del rey south of us. there are fireworks around the los angeles area, including the hollywood bowl where i saw some, dodger stadium. thst h this is happening when firefighters are concerned with drought conditions, fire conditions. this graph shows the number of fires discovered every day of the year going back to 2014. just take a look at the middle spike there. those are the fires discovered around july 4th each year going back to 2014. that s why a lot of fire
a festival. we ve canceled events, a viewing site, and our viewing spot. toyota, a top olympic sponsor, is not airing olympic-related tv commercials. the editorial board of another sponsor, a newspaper, called for cancelation in may. there s little olympic spirit in the host city. tokyo unless a state of emergency and alcohol is banned from restaurants. the ceo suntori, one of japan s biggest beveragemakers, says the economic loss from no spectators will be enormous. i d expected that a lot of the spectators from abroad to visit restaurants, bars, where they sell our products, promote our brands. we had a plan to open more than a couple of the bars and restaurants only for products sponsored by us. but we canceled it. do you think that these games could still boost international businesses for japanese
normally a golden opportunity to boost corporate image. but this year, the fear is brand damage because of intense opposition to the games in a japan. after japanese sponsors spent a record of more than $3 billion to be associated with the five rings, covid-19 cases are surging, spectators largely banned, while the japanese public just 20% of them fully vaccinated are urged to stay at home during the games. sponsor plans are falling flat. i m at the top of tokyo sky tree, the tallest broadcasting tower in the world, one of many olympic sponsors that had to cancel or scale back promotional events tied to the games. we were planning to hold events to boost the mood for the olympics but because of covid it s not the right time to have a festival. we ve canceled events and torch relay through our viewing spot. toyota is not airing olympic related tv commercials.
public just 20% of them fully vaccinated are urged to stay at home during the games. sponsor plans are falling flat. i m at the top of the tallest broadcasting tower, one of many japanese olympic sponsors that have had to cancel or scale back promotional events tied to the games. reporter: we were planning to hold events to boost the mood, but because of covid, it is not the right time to hold a festival, he tells me. we ve canceled events, viewing site and torch relay through our viewing spot. toyota, a top olympic sponsor, is not airing olympic related tv commercials. the editorial board of another sponsor called for cancellation in may. there is little olympic spirit in the host city. tokyo is in a state of emergency and alcohol is banned from v restaurants. xi of ceo of a beverage maker says the economic loss will be enormous.