cannot say publicly that she wants games to go ahead because she knows that is an athletes egos. it is a stark contrast to all the excitement which people felt when it was announced that tokyo would host the games back in 2013. ., , . in 2013. thanks very much, mariko 0i in 2013. thanks very much, mariko oi in in 2013. thanks very much, mariko oi in singapore i in 2013. thanks very much, mariko oi in singapore for. in 2013. thanks very much, i mariko oi in singapore for us today. to sri lanka now where a chemical laden cargo ship is sinking off the country s west coast. it s sparked fears of an environmental disaster and has been labelled a death blow to the country s fishing industry. tanya dendrinos reports. a pristine coastline and a looming environmental disaster. the x press pearl has been ablaze for two weeks, and despite the efforts of the sri lankan and indian navies, it is sinking, with 350 tonnes of oil on board. translation: there are two possibilities. | either all t
games will go ahead even though an overwhelming majority of the japanese public are opposing it they are concerned it could become a super spreader event and wejust heard become a super spreader event and we just heard from the country s a top health adviser, saying that it is not normal for an event like the olympics to go ahead under current circumstances. some people have been calling for the games to been calling for the games to be either cancelled or at least postponed again, both options have been ruled out by the ioc and because of the contract tokyo signed with the ioc it is really up to the ioc, seems determined to go ahead even though politically speaking it feels like a really unpopular move for the country s prime minister, who to hold an election by this autumn, and not surprisingly a lot of anger towards the ioc, which has been accused of not caring about people s lives, as tens of thousands of volunteers have been dropping out. that is not
is black, is written by the french writer david diop. the judges said the book did not win because it addressed the current conversation about race and politics but because as a story it spoke with the most power . there are 50 days left until the delayed summer olympic games are due to kick off in tokyo. but there s a lot of debate over whether they should go ahead at all. the international olympic committee insists that the event can be held safely. not many people in japan are convinced. let s get more from our correspondent, mariko oi. there has been a lot of opposition to this but some people do actually want this to go ahead, don t they? absolutely. even though some athletes starting to arrive in the country, it feels like the
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passing body. it is sunday night in kawasaki, and fully football fans flocking to watch their local team, all of this is now routine. translation: i am going to take all prevention measures we can take, and we will be watching the game away from other fans. from other fans. inside, ust 5000 spectators from other fans. inside, ust 5000 spectators are i from other fans. inside, justl 5000 spectators are allowed. they have been holding football matches like this injapan with audiences throughout the covid pandemic, and they say they can do so safely because everybody wears masks, because of a safety measures they have put in place, they say they have not had single cluster of covid traced back to any of these games since the beginning of the pandemic. the tokyo olympic committee appointed to this as proof of the games can go ahead in 50 days time, safe and secure. but safe and secure is not how it feels in the