Kaori Yamaguchi, a former Olympian and executive member of the Japanese Olympic Committee, says the Tokyo games "have already lost meaning". Photo / APKaori Yamaguchi, a former Olympian and executive member of the Japanese Olympic Committee, says the Tokyo games "have already lost meaning". Photo / APOne of Japan's best-known Olympians and an executive member of the Japanese Olympic Committee says Tokyo has been "cornered" into holding the games during the Covid-19 pandemic. Depending on how the question is phrased in different polls, between 50-80 per cent of Japanese oppose holding the Olympics. Japan has officially spent US$15.4 billion (NZ$21.5b) to organise the Tokyo Olympics, and government audits say it may be twice that.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 04, 2021 07:55 UTC