Protesters against the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) confront police officers in Tokyo, Saturday, July 10, 2021. The poster, center, reads, Don t enter Hiroshima, with a picture of International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach and graffiti over his face, as local media report Bach is scheduled to visit Hiroshima later this month ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics starts. (AP Photo/Kwiyeon Ha)
TOKYO (AP) Two more prefectures outside the immediate Tokyo area have decided to bar fans from attending Olympic events because of rising coronavirus infections, Tokyo Olympic organizers confirmed on Saturday with the pandemic-delayed games opening in just under two weeks.
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Protesters against the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) confront police officers in Tokyo, Saturday, July 10, 2021. The poster, center, reads, Don t enter Hiroshima, with a picture of International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach and graffiti over his face, as local media report Bach is scheduled to visit Hiroshima later this month ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics starts. (AP Photo/Kwiyeon Ha)
TOKYO (AP) Two more prefectures outside the immediate Tokyo area have decided to bar fans from attending Olympic events because of rising coronavirus infections, Tokyo Olympic organizers confirmed on Saturday with the pandemic-delayed games opening in just under two weeks.
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Protesters against the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) confront police officers in Tokyo, Saturday, July 10, 2021. The poster, center, reads, Don t enter Hiroshima, with a picture of International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach and graffiti over his face, as local media report Bach is scheduled to visit Hiroshima later this month ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics starts. (AP Photo/Kwiyeon Ha) July 10, 2021 - 8:07 PM
TOKYO (AP) â Two more prefectures outside the immediate Tokyo area have decided to bar fans from attending Olympic events because of rising coronavirus infections, Tokyo Olympic organizers confirmed on Saturday with the pandemic-delayed games opening in just under two weeks.
Money, politics and split opinion in Japan on grand gift of Tokyo Olympics cbc.ca 15 hrs ago Geoff Nixon © Eugene Hoshiko/The Associated Press The Tokyo Olympics will get underway in less than two weeks under a state of emergency in Japan s capital and amid opposition from those who fear the potential public health consequences of hosting the international event during a pandemic.
An illustration shared on social media shows International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach wearing a face mask and cheerfully waving, while the accompanying text conveys the message that people in Japan don t necessarily want to reciprocate. We can t wave back meaning we re pretty depressed, it s a bit of an emergency, said Hyung-Gu Lynn, a professor in the Asian studies department at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He describes an ambivalent mood in Japan, addressed in a recent meme, ahead of the pending Olympics.
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