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TrevorPeace
Who'd a-thunk?
StevieJ
Why not just cancel the relay if you're not really going to have it and not allow people to watch in person?
snowymountainhell
Sekigahara (Gifu) torchbearer, actor Koji Yamamoto has been tested positive for COVID-19 after the run.
Maskless and gloveless, Yamamoto passed the torch to the next bearer, “Here you go! Gambare!”.
bokuda
at least we know that cancel the Olympics is still an option.
anon99999
Glorious covid safe Olympics showing mankind’s victory over the virus with no spectators
Michael Machida
Not to worry people. [ Sarcasm ] The Japanese Government has everything under control and the Olympics will go on as planned.
Just stop breathing.
"Japan has confirmed an increasing number of infections in recent days and has been grappling with what medical experts describe as a "fourth wave" of the pandemic. The Olympics are set to open in less than 100 days."
Hideomi Kuze
Japan's major TV channels who chose advertising Olympics than journalism hesitate even to say negative comments against Olympics or torch relay, delete even fact that protesters against Olympics exist.
Chili
So Idiotic! Millions can ride packed trains, but no we can’t be in a wide open road. How can the Olympics be held in many enclosed venues, If this is deemed unsafe??
Alfie Noakes
NHK is muting the sound of protestors shouting "Hantai" on the torch relays. All of Japan's corporate media is invested in the Olympics.
Goodlucktoyou
How about to take the worlds most expensive Olympics torch around japan by drone?
murabito
This is getting sadder every day, what is the point of making events to inspire people while actually giving the opposite message?
GW
This has become truly utterly pathetic!!!
Derek Grebe
How's that celebration of humanity's victory over Coronavirus coming along?
This is an embarrassment. A perfect definition of flogging a dead horse.
Tom Doley
It's a back door option to save Japan's face in case another country pulls out due to the virus. N Korea doesn't count. It's what happened last year after Australia and Canada pulled out because of Japan's incompetence.
snowymountainhell
Shows us one video or link of what you’re stating @AlfieNoakes 9:35am:
You always seem to have video to back up your statements. If not a video or ‘sound bite’, were You a witness? The world needs to see the average Japanese is opposed to the torch run and the Olympics.
azayamagori
Shows us one video or link of what you’re stating @AlfieNoakes 9:35am
It was reported on the Mainichi homepage a few days ago.
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@azayamagori
Thanks, easier to find this way.
@snowymountainhell
Here you go :
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210406/p2a/00m/0na/027000c