Pictured: People in Tokyo hold signs calling for the cancellation of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic GamesIn 2013, when the card bearing the message ‘Tokyo 2020’ was revealed by the then IOC president Jacques Rogge in Buenos Aires, Japan’s bid team punched the air in jubilation. At the Komazawa Olympic Park, a venue for the 1964 Tokyo Games, huge crowds roared and thousands celebrated at Olympic parties throughout the city. These were the crown jewels in an Olympic Games that Japan believed would revitalise the nation. Which begs the question: why exactly is Tokyo 2020 going ahead? It could well be the theme tune for the 2020 Olympics.

Source: The Nation July 16, 2021 21:33 UTC