The 2020 Olympic Games will be a festival for the whole country, and I will try to make it an opportunity for each person in Japan to connect with the world, and for the world to discover Japan.

Very excited and I think this will quite easily be the best Olympics yet!

I doubt the Tokyo Olympics will come close to matching the current amazing South/North Korea Olympics. That historic march together was something else

I will try to make it an opportunity for each person in Japan to connect with the world, and for the world to discover Japan.

Each person in Japan will connect to those visitors from around the world and see that there is only one country that still allows for smoking in restaurants....Japan

Japan has a beautiful culture and wonderful people. The food is fantastic.

If Abe really wants to make Japan shine, he will tell his LDP to ban smoking immediately in restaurants, pubs and the public at large.

He can make Japan the most memorable place for the millions that hopefully visit for the Olympics and an after they are done.

This is Abe's big chance to make a real connection with the people of the world.

Empty, empty words.

I've seen at least two different promotional videos for the Tokyo Olympics where every single participant has been Japanese, which makes me wonder how much Japan wants to reach out of the world and how much is it about cheering Japanese athletes on home soil.

Can't do worse than the current Olympics..

Nothing but a load of hot air from a Nippon Kaigi member. None of us are fooled by your rhetoric sir.