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Yubaru
This should be interesting, I applaud the organizers for their acknowledging the potential problems, yet I wonder how they are going to deal with it from a security stand point?
kohakuebisu
Real beer not Budweiser!
Sh1mon M4sada
Won't happen, too much at stake. They'd be better off giving away free water if people bring their own bottle, or buy and empty but reusable bottle.
tkyosam
Wow, thank you. Mighty big of you to allow us not to be required to purchase your marked up Olympic beverages.
ifd66
Careful - you don't want to spook the sponsors ... Coca cola and such.
Own drinks? Using "my" bottles ... what next? Free public water fountains convenienly placed to even further reduce the milions of PET bottles that are needlessly used everyday.
Hapakid808
We want to reduce plastic waste
We want to give everyone a clear plastic bag so security runs fasterWouldn't Hokkaido have been a better choice? More space, better temperatures? Guess Hokkaido Olympics doesnt have the same ring as Tokyo Olympics.
hooktrunk2
I hope they install drinking fountains at least. Seriously. I recently went to a track meet at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama and security said there were no drinking fountains in the whole stadium!! The lines for the concessions were pretty darned long until well into the meet.
A_cross
If only they had built a National Stadium with a roof .....
canigetawhatwhat
I'll have some Grey goose in my bottle
Disillusioned
They can't come up with the best ideas by themselves? The best idea is to hold the games in September or October. Holding the games in the hottest and most humid month of the year is such a ridiculous idea. People are going to die!
wanderlust
It was nothing to do with security, it was pure commerce and greed, as befits the Lords of the Rings. Sponsor-only permitted food and drinks, credit cards, film; the Olympic village protect their income like a mama-bear protects her cubs!
DaDude
I was at the Beijing Games and it was way more comfortable than sitting at a baseball game in the middle of August in Japan. Oh and the beer was like 80yen which help me beat any type of heat. Though more expensive than China, people complain about beer prices here in Japan but it is waaaaay cheaper than stadium beer in western countries.
Bugle Boy of Company B
Good luck with that!
stepoutsidethebox
I sure hope sure. And to the dismay of Japan I can promise you many will also bring dat weed.
Speed
Trying to find measures to keep people cool during the Olympics in Tokyo in the middle of August is like trying to find ways to keep people safe after planning a boat trip into the middle of a typhoon.
that person
In an effort to reduce single use plastics in Japan....
to an estimated 600 000 spectators (http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201811020015.html)
Good job, Japan, good job.
...In other news this month:
(https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/04/national/japan-ban-free-plastic-bags-stores-small-midsize-firms-may-exempt/#.XRWbEy2B3OQ)
nandakandamanda
Reusable frozen bottles of your favourite tipple in reusable cold thermos bags. Keep your forehead cool, and slow melt all day...
smithinjapan
Once again, convenience trumps safety. Imagine every single Spectator carries a thermos with a drink in it. They now either have to check every drink, which they won't do, or just allow it in. Now imagine Simply ONE of those people fills it with a flammabe and/or explosive fluid instead... into a crowd of THOUSANDS. If they are so worried about the heat and potential risk, a more reasonable means of avoiding such risks must surely be available -- like changing the date of what is going to be known as the "death Olympics" in the future.
smithinjapan
But nope... can't do that. Better to increase the risk of terrorism than look silly for putting the Olympics in the dead of summer Simply because cable stations demanded it be so.
arrestpaul
Why would the organizers for this Olympics make the ridiculous assumption that terrorist will not try to take advantage of this relaxation of anti-terrorism rules?