Tokyo finally reaches the finishing lineIt is no secret that the build-up to the Tokyo Olympics was not exactly plain sailing, primarily due to the Covid pandemic. We were constantly greeted by smiling locals practising their English with "hello", "good morning", "you're welcome", and "thank you", and most pleasant it was too. Hotel staff were particularly polite and simply going to the coffee shop for breakfast you would exchange a dozen greetings of "good morning". In fact they were still saying "good morning" in the afternoon, evening and night. Every foreigner who walked past was greeted with a chirpy "good morning".

Source: Bangkok Post August 07, 2021 21:45 UTC