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I particularly like this sentence: “It remains to be seen, however, what, if anything, the ruling party intends to do about the matter.” I guess it’s just a rhetoric questions since everyone knows the ruling party is planning to do nothing if some of their own members are involved.

To Anyone accusing Russian Athletes of Doping! I guess you have proof of your accusation!

Mr. Biden must be under immense local pressure if he needs another war to turn attention from domestic to overseas issues.

And we won’t forget how peaceful the US reacted as the Soviet Union tried to establish missile bases in their neighborhood (if you don’t know search for Cuba Crisis). But Biden expects Russia to accept NATO Missiles across its borders. Furthermore, the older among you may still remember that NATO indeed promised not to extend its military force to the east in the time before the Soviet Union collapsed. At that time the Soviets believed what they had been told, I don’t think Putin will make that mistake again.

If you deny what everyone knows anyway you just look foolish!

Just another proof that some people are more equal than others. The UEFA held their soccer events last year despite Covid restrictions imposed on ordinary people and Djokovic goes to Australia, though what’s the deal. Modern Gladiators will risk lives particularly if it is not their own.

I do not really understand the problem!

The treatment of those woman was a war crime and as such cannot be erased from history by politicians. You know if you deny what everyone knows anyway you just look foolish.

I like the term: "Fukushima rumors!

Reaaaally? This is very hard to believe!

Is there anyone who expected something different?

Kishida wants to defend democracy and its key values while another shady politician business pops up. I really wonder whether those guys know what they are talking about when using terms like human rights, democratic values, or equal treatment. Anyway, I realized they mean something very different from what I think.

How generous of the Government! But stop, where does this money come from, could it be Taxpayer’s money? It seams there are two Governments, a good one that generously throws money away and a bad one that collects money form the population and accumulates ridiculous high debt and those governments have nothing to do with each other. As least that seems to be the general public’s impression, considering the result of the recent election.

Let’s not forget, the US spend more money for their military than Russia and China together, but that is for defensive purpose only of course.

Let’s not forget that it was the US (President Richard Nixon and his Foreign Secretary and Nobel Prize Laureate Henry Kissinger) that turned their backs on Taiwan and moved the Peoples Republic of China in the very position they hold today. At that time, they had the excuse that Taiwan as well was ruled by a Dictator (Chiang Kai-shek and his Kuomintang) but on the other hand that never prevented the US from having good relations with a state. Therefore, before talking of History, it is always a good idea that do a little research first.

The US made that promise already a long time ago and they stood to it until Mr. Nixon visited Peking and turned its back on Taiwan.

Of course, they won’t, they know too well from their own experience and from the Iraq sample what happens to states that get US support as soon as those states are no longer needed. By the way the retreat of the US troops was initiated by Mr. Trump not Mr. Biden. That the retreat was not a retreat but a running away as fast as they could regardless the mess they left behind that was the Biden Administrations doing.

Every two years sounds like a great idea!

Twice as many bribes to be earned by FIFA officials.

The only thing that matters will be China – US relations since Japan like some other countries will just do what big brother tells them to and as some may still remember the US did boycott Olympic games in the past. Without much success though since the only people they really hurt had been the Athletes that could not compete.

I guess that’s just normal behavior for sport events of this scale and teams of that size. And by the way it is Japan that is calling attention to the issue without their (usual) interference as long as Korea is involved no one would have noticed.

It seems the organizers (politicians and functionaries) of the games lost contact to the real world completely. Sports seems to be just the decoration that makes the people that really pay for those events swallow the bitter pills with a smile.

Does anyone think that Chiang Kai-shek’s Republic of China was democratic? For Nixon and Kissinger, it was just to decide from what country the US would benefit most, they dropped the Republic.

The power of the Prime Minister has no bounds he does not only control what the Emperor says, no he even controls what he thinks.

While there are countless challenges, the roughly 11,000 athletes will be tested for the virus on a daily basis, in principle, and interaction with others will be limited.

I like the term “in principle” the best, it leaves a lot of room for interpretation.

Those who infringe COVID-19 rules will face penalties, ranging from fines to losing the right to compete in Tokyo.

I also wonder who is going to enforce those rules. In the end it will be something like traffic regulations for cyclists and pedestrians: “If you see a red traffic light you may stop if you like.”

Many of the comments here support what the U.N. Experts claimed with the exception that it is not only the cash handout that discriminates Koreans.

Long live the organizing people, as long as those guys are responsible for the safety and security of athletes, officials and the general public there is nothing to fear. In a private company you could hope that there are some people that compensate the stupidity of few but if all you have is people that lack any common sense you are doomed.

That boy and his parents are lucky, in my country it would not have been the teacher who picked him up for school, it would have been the police.

Great, thank you Mr. Suga, thank you Mr. Bach, goal achieved.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are the most successful already.

Sports, Athletes, what do you mean? That does not matter, the only thing that counts is money.

@Kaerimashita, I am afraid it’s not the multinationals that are not prepared to pay the price, it’s the consumers or did you ever hear of any product for that the manufacturer paid price increases for raw materials.

If I watch how many (most) pedestrians and cyclists behave on the streets of Japan I can only wonder that not more (much more) of them get killed. Traffic regulations obviously do not exist for most of them.

A Journalist that agrees to being tracked while in Japan is not someone, I would call a journalist.

Probably Media people form some Dictator states can agree to that, they are used to it anyway.

@zichi

And what do you want to say with those numbers?

In order to achieve something like a herd immunity you need usually a vaccination rate around the 70% mark.

The comment only proofs that a high post in an organization is not automatically a sign of intelligence, the real scandal is that the guy is obviously still holding his position.