Tokyo Wants 2020 Olympics
Tokyo has been through a lot, but the mega-city is aiming high in the reconstruction department by vying for the 2020 Olympic Games Tokyo blew about $176 million on its failed attempt at winning the 2016 Games, but might have an edge this time around owing to .
Tokyo has been through a lot, but the mega-city is aiming high in the reconstruction department by vying for the 2020 Olympic Games. Tokyo blew about $176 million on its failed attempt at winning the 2016 Games, but might have an edge this time around owing to tsunami sympathy.
Earthquake and tidal wave aside, if members of the International Olympic Committee sneak a peek at any manga, they might decide 2020 and Tokyo are a time and place best avoided. Just make sure they don’t see “Akira.” — PZS
WAIT BEFORE YOU GO...BBC:
Candidates for 2020 must submit their bids to the International Olympic Committee by 1 September this year.
The host city will be chosen in Buenos Aires in September 2013.
Berlin, Busan, Cape Town, Doha, Rome and Istanbul are among the cities to have signalled an interest in bidding to stage the 2020 event.
This year, the ground feels uncertain — facts are buried and those in power are working to keep them hidden. Now more than ever, independent journalism must go beneath the surface.
At Truthdig, we don’t just report what's happening — we investigate how and why. We follow the threads others leave behind and uncover the forces shaping our future.
Your tax-deductible donation fuels journalism that asks harder questions and digs where others won’t.
Don’t settle for surface-level coverage.
Unearth what matters. Help dig deeper.
Donate now.
Books
In the shadow of Fukushima’s failed nuclear reactors, an unlikely group of farmers and expatriates work to rebuild a community.
Film
A minor 1955 film from the Japanese master offers a visceral view of nuclear anxiety that is weighted with more relevance than recent Cold War thrillers.
Asia Pacific
The celebration of a "categorical leap” in Japanese rearmament risks inflaming tensions in the Pacific.
Environment
Demonstrators are also highlighting the complicity of Australian companies.
The number of global infections is largely symbolic, but dwarfs other major outbreaks, such as SARS, MERS and Ebola.
The coronavirus is changing the way companies do business — in the U.S. and across the globe.
You need to be a supporter to comment.
There are currently no responses to this article.
Be the first to respond.