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Oigawa added that he declined a request from the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee for hospital beds to be reserved for the athletes.

despicable that they asked, and a breath of fresh air that he refused.

as I noted in a comment on the IOC says negative public opinion no threat to Tokyo Olympics, article... what about the Paralympics? here it says: "The IOC, organizers in Japan and the government have repeatedly vowed to hold the Games as scheduled until Aug. 8" (my emphasis). I expect 'they', out of a concern for the health and wellbeing of para-athletes will suddenly call of the Paralympics. after all, I doubt they generate but a fraction of the lucre that the main event does.

A “large and growing number” of participants will be vaccinated against COVID-19 before arriving at the athlete village in Tokyo, Adams said.

weren't 'they' saying "all athletes" a couple of days ago?

I note that in the beginning, everything was about the Olympics and Paralympics.... now the Paralympics never get a mention and it's all "July 23-Aug 8"...

ironic that the Olympics are of Greek origin, and so is the word hubris..... and you know what hubris leads to....

now, if only we can find someone to do the injections, we can use the free vaccine doses....

sped up from September

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Status should not get you priority! We are all humans! Wait your turn!

new to Japan per chance?

new to Planet Earth perchance? I would've said.

wonder if the police will bust him for nonconsensual videoing.....

well I guess the police are fuming at being put on the spot and will smoke his ass, and he'll be toast.... or maybe being on YT will save his bacon....

photos zooming in on breasts and buttocks 

YouTube is rife with 'athletics videos' doing just that, but moving-images, not stills.... I think those who are upset by this have their work cut out for them.

“We’re going into a pretty unknown situation over in Tokyo so to have this little (injection ) is a huge weight off everyone’s shoulders”

chance'd be a fine thing.... maybe if I identify as a world-class athlete....? （⌒▽⌒）

hope I never find myself on trial by jury with denizens of the JT comments section as jury members.... so many people, on the slightest of evidence, have got it all sewn up, with absolute certainty.... （⌒▽⌒）

"Philip Morris to phase out cigarettes in Japan within decade by replacing them with a more expensive alternative route to lung cancer"

this might become a gimmick form of transport for the rich (like space flights) but I rather think that for most, it will be more a case that people will be convinced that life inside a pod, with endless options for AI-driven hypervision sensurround scenarios through HUDs (or perhaps via implants for the up-market version) is just dandy... work from homepod, and then segué into "a universe of entertainment".... hence no need for travel. (let your grey matter do the walking, riding, flying, hyperlooping).

if that sounds farfetched, just think how few years it has taken, from the first widespread use of teevees, to the current situation, billions of people's lives concentrated on a few square centimetres of screen real-estate. that took some 70 years, so imagine what the next 70 can bring. and it's all for you....

"Frankly speaking, I personally think it would be quite tough for him to come now," but LORD Coe is here!!!!

The World Health Organization hopes..... Google believes..... The Guardian views.... Amazon wants.... the UN demands..... but who makes the decisions? not organizations.

wow, an extra 500 or 600 yen a month.... great news

the waiver idea floated by India and South Africa in October.

wonder what took the Biden and Macron so long et al so long. must've been chomping at the bit, waiting for the go-ahead from those "closed-door talks".

also wonder why Pfizer and BioNTech didn't donate vaccines to India, say, or Brazil, instead of offering support to those among the fittest and most privileged people on the planet....

all the usual suspects using The Plague for political and/or financial advantage.... business as usual.

now you know.... that was meant to read....

in case you had been wondering about your true status and value as an 'ordinary person'.... know you now. （＾＿－）

that's the second article in 2 days that has referred to the situation as 'possibly placing the Olympics in jeopardy'....

so things are lining up.... in a month's time 'they' will be able to say something like 'we did everything in our power with every ounce of energy we had.... but, we must think of the people first, so, though it's regrettable.... we have to think about the possibility of.....'

@Eisenach

I suppose he was.... and me too, though he didn't know it...

""We are fully aware (Sapporo) residents feel uneasy with the current situation...." but who cares? （⌒▽⌒）

so quarantine will not be on the ship then.....!!!!!!

@AG

"total sense" is not an absolute. I'm happy for you to see it your way. seems a shame to me.

taking on tasks that are seen as compromising their rights as children and ability to lead normal childhoods.

sounds like school!

seems like "Muchova beats Osaka" would have been a more accurate headline.

shame they didn't see fit to include a photo of the winner.

close supervision

like in yesterday's photo of a few dozen divers and extras from all over the place, maskless and mingling? https://rikiweb.com/category/tokyo-2020-olympics/Olympic-diving-test-event-begins-in-Tokyo-torch-relay-detour-on-Okinawa

that's the trouble with that word "pledge"....