Tokyo Olympics: Key features at the Games after Japan spends billions

Japan has spent the last seven years and tens of billions of dollars preparing for the Tokyo Olympics, but the deteriorating COVID-19 situation has overshadowed the hype. Despite the setbacks, Tokyo 2020 will be the Olympics with the highest number of events in history, at 339. The Games also boast a focus on conservation and sustainability. Winners' medals are made out of recycled electronic devices. Tokyo 2020 is also billed as the Recovery and Reconstruction Games. The Olympic torch, which resembles the cherry blossom motif, was made up of 30% aluminum recovered from homes destroyed in the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake.



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[pratham_raina_]

going to be the greatest olympic ever …..best wishes to all the players and spectators all around the globe 😋😋

[williamong]

The pandemic is still ravaging the world, not a good time for Olympics. Would’ve went to japan myself if not because of the disease

[hm]

i think once olymic has started, everyone will be stick to TV watching their athletes. now is a nagative mood but we are all happy to see athletes winning the medals.

[heywatchme]

too much negative news is bad for your health

[moonstar]

Japan cares for the nature that's why I'm hoping to work or live in Japan someday🌱

[nelc]

i thought it supposed to be canceled??

[mst]

The Olympics must not exhibit any political or biased tendencies. The host country, Japan, is also disseminating this information to athletes and officials who participated in the Olympics.
But Japan, meanwhile, asked the IOC to require that athletes who participated in the Olympics pay a silent tribute to the victims on the day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was not an easy decision made by the United States, the Allied Powers at the time, in that Japan, a war criminal country, did not give up on the war and continued to kill innocent people.
Remembrance of the victims of the atomic bombing is no different from forcing people to visit Japanese shrines.
This double aspect of Japan does not qualify as a host country for the Olympics, a place of global harmony, and even after the IOC rejected Japan's request to commemorate the atomic bombing unofficially, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Committee said they plans to include a performance that commemorate the victims of the atomic bombing in this Olympic closing ceremony. This proves that Japan has not yet abandoned its role as a war criminal country rather than an Olympic host country.
I hope that the people of the world will face this double aspect of Japan and correct their misconceptions about Japan. I also demand the IOC not to tolerate this double act of Japan, the host country of the Olympics, and take corresponding measures.
And Dokdo is the island of the Republic of Korea. But Tokyo Olympics committee marked the Dokdo as same color with japan island. As I know, United by emotion is the moto of this Olympic. But I'd like to ask Japan government and Tokyo Olympic Committee. Are you really believe you're operating this Olympic not to shame on the moto? I'm sick of Japan government 's twofold and double-faced aspect. I believe that is the real self of Japan which is deeply hidden.
And Is IOC a puppet of Japan? If not, how can IOC just ignore these rude and foolish actions of Tokyo OlympicCommittee? IOC can also be said to be irresponsible.

[norihiro]

Expect the usual anti-japan propaganda talking points from china and korea, in the comments.

[-qv]

Cupboard bed is fine, but loose control over COVID positive athletes, feeding athletes with nuclear contaminated food and refuse to disclose the origin of the food. That is a shame and unethical.

[samalenyo]

Lol. Looking at the opening lameduck, boring and underwhelminh ceremony of Tokyo 2020/2021, I can say Japan's hosting is lackluster and disappointing. Compare it to CHINA, Beijing 2008 sets the BAR so high that even now, no host nation can top it. And in fact, Japan's spend much higher in Tokyo 2020/2021 vs what CHINA spent back in 2008. Lol.