Kai Koyama was standing outside Tokyo's Olympic Stadium as fireworks burst overhead during the opening ceremony but unlike many of those around ...
More than half of the city's residents watched the opening extravaganza on TV and long lines have formed by the Olympic Stadium as people wait to have their photo taken with the Olympic rings.
"Lives are more important than medals!" chanted demonstrators outside Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's office in Tokyo on one recent evening. He was outside the Olympic Stadium on Jul 23 when the shouts of protesters using loudspeakers could be heard in the nearly empty venue."I felt powerless and angry when I saw the fireworks at the National Stadium that told us the Games had started, despite opposition from 80 per cent of the Japanese public."
Artist Sachiko Kawamura says Japanese authorities should be focusing on dealing with the coronavirus AFP/Philip FONG
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