Opposition to the Tokyo Olympics is intensifying in Japan
Vaccinations are proceeding slowly. But organisers insist the games will be “safe and secure”
AS THE OLYMPIC torch passed through Hiroshima this week, organisers kept the relay away from the streets. A torch-lighting ceremony took place without spectators. Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), cancelled a planned visit. Hiroshima, along with Tokyo, the host city, and seven other prefectures, is under a state of emergency amid a fourth wave of covid-19.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Faster, stronger, superspreader?”
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