A pandemic Olympics, without all the crowds: What gets lost?

The economy will be devastated.

https://thediplomat.com/2021/07/noriko-hama-on-the-tokyo-olympics-and-japans-economy/

A pandemic Olympics, without all the crowds: What gets lost?

Japan’s image as a high-tech efficient country, unable to manage viral spread-that’s what.

Septim:

Lifted from the article in your link:

My alternative name for Abenomics is Ahonomics

And another sentence from that article:

My alternative name for Suganomics is Sukanomics, the Suka of which means empty, void, useless, losing lottery ticket etc. in Japanese.

The thrill of it all. Toyota ain't even sponsoring this flopola. There's nobody to cheer them on. It's so unhuman.

What gets lost?

Nothing really. It has been a TV event for years now.

And you don't even get a hug from whoever gives you your medal. A droid gives the medal to you. That's not the same, folks.