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By MARI YAMAGUCHI TOKYO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Frank Thornton
So maybe it should've been planned and presented as 2020 "Fukushima" Olympics rather than "Tokyo". A bit late in the game to be changing the rules...
ThePBot
Let the water-based events be held in Fukushima. No better way in telling the world that it truly is safe there. I mean, their athletes are playing there, right?
baktaka
In reality moving is the only thing that makes sense and i'm glad the new mayor has the balls to question these things. Investigate why this happened to begin with ? There will always be plenty of time for that later and is not the critical matter at hand.
Harry_Gatto
Why? How about an investigation into why the cost estimate is seven times bigger than the original? Who is responsible for this; let's have a name.
stickman1760
lets just call it Japan 2020 and get all sorts of prefectures to share the costs. so much for "the compact" games and the promise that we have loads on money. what a farce.
Alex Einz
hold it in fukushima, just in the reaktor port...
dcog9065
400km away is not really acceptable
smartacus
Miyagi is too far from Tokyo. The athletes won't be able to stay in the Athletes Village at Harumi, so they'll need special accommodation. It will also be inconvenient for fans to go to Miyagi.
I think Gov Koike is getting in over her head about the Olympics. The fact is, it's going to cost a fortune, wherever and however it is held. But changing three venues won't help much. The biggest costs are the stadium, Olympic Village, operating costs and security, according to the report released last week.
paulinusa
"...400 kilometers (250 miles) north of Tokyo..."
I have to think that would be the farthest venue from central Tokyo. Pity the isolated competitors.
Alfie Noakes
Yes, a very lavish event held in Tokyo, not hundreds of miles away in Bumpkinland.
ThePBot
Tokyo won the Games due to promises of a very lavish event.....
randomnator
"Promise everything, deliver what you have got" Well done JOC! おもてなしseems to have been forgotten a long time ago. Luckily the Fukushima radiation fallout and meltdown are "under control".