A woman walks past the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum, in Tokyo, in March 2020. Photo: Reuters
A woman walks past the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum, in Tokyo, in March 2020. Photo: Reuters
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Will the ‘cursed’ Tokyo Olympics go ahead? Saving face might prove more important than fans’ presence

  • Public support for the Games, which have cost Japan US$15.4 billion already, has dropped to new lows
  • With another postponement out of the question, the show must surely go on?

Mercedes Hutton
Mercedes Hutton

Updated: 8:45am, 20 Jan, 2021

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A woman walks past the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum, in Tokyo, in March 2020. Photo: Reuters
A woman walks past the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum, in Tokyo, in March 2020. Photo: Reuters
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