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2020 Olympics (Page 2)
Dragon Quest at Olympics opening ceremony? Game theme, Eva-connected song heard coming from stadium
- Casey Baseel
Jun 30, 2021 - Tweet
Long-awaited start of the Tokyo Olympics might be a special treat for sports fans and otaku alike.
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Sailor Moon wishes Japan good luck at the Olympics in tweet, sparks backlash from fans
- Casey Baseel
Jun 28, 2021
Anime ambassador’s quick message of support doesn’t land right with critics.
- Japan
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Please drink alone in your room and don’t have sex, Tokyo Olympics tells athletes
- Casey Baseel
Jun 22, 2021
Organizers don’t want people getting randy or rowdy in the Olympic Village.
- Japan
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Please take Tokyo Olympics condoms back to your home country and use them there, organizers say
- Casey Baseel
Jun 1, 2021
Basically, more than 150,000 condoms will be given to athletes as souvenirs of their time in Japan.
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Tokyo Olympic torch flame goes out twice on first day of relay, filling commenters with dread
- Casey Baseel
Mar 26, 2021
This isn’t the first time this sort of thing has happened, though.
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Tokyo Olympics Village looks like an eerie ghost town
- SoraNews24
Mar 23, 2021
Athletes Village could be the real-life setting for a disaster film right now.
- Japan
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Tokyo Olympics will not allow spectators from overseas
- Casey Baseel
Mar 22, 2021
Long-suspected precautionary measure is latest sad development for troubled event.
- Japan
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Tokyo Olympics Official Shop branch closes down four months before Games may or may not start
- Casey Baseel
Mar 21, 2021
The latest sad development for the troubled event.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2020 Tokyo Olympics • 2021 Olympics • 2021 Tokyo Olympics • COK • Olympics • Tokyo Olympics)
Tokyo Olympics losing volunteers even after president’s resignation for sexist remarks
- Casey Baseel
Feb 28, 2021
Games are scheduled to start in less than five months.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • COK • controversy • Olympics • sports • Tokyo Olympics • volunteers • Yoshiro Mori)
Tokyo Olympics organizing committee president resigns over sexist remarks
- SoraNews24
Feb 12, 2021
Yoshiro Mori apologizes, insists “I have supported all women.”
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • controversy • gender • Olympics • scandal • sexism • society • sports • Tokyo Olympics • Yoshiro Mori)
Tokyo Olympic chief may resign over misogynistic remarks, promises statement
- Casey Baseel
Feb 11, 2021
Over 500 volunteers have quit following Yoshiro Mori’s controversial remarks about how much women talk.
- Japan
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Female politicians stage “white action” protest against Tokyo Olympic head’s misogynist remarks
- SoraNews24
Feb 10, 2021
Group takes inspiration from similar protest in the U.S.
- Japan
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Head of Tokyo Olympics doesn’t want women in leadership roles because he thinks they talk too much
- Casey Baseel
Feb 4, 2021
”Women, they have a very competitive nature.”
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • COK • controversy • gender • Olympics • politicians • politics • society • Tokyo Olympics • Yoshiro Mori)
Tokyo Olympic chairman’s Super Mario reference isn’t as heartwarming as he thought it would be
- Casey Baseel
Nov 18, 2020
Following former prime minister’s Super Mario cosplay, says he wants to be like Nintendo star’s in-game “partner,” but doesn’t fully understand the relationship.
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Japan’s Prime Minister says he didn’t want to cosplay as Mario at the 2016 Olympics
- Casey Baseel
Oct 23, 2020
Shinzo Abe had to be talked into the biggest crowd-pleasing moment of the Rio de Janeiro closing ceremony.
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Tokyo Olympics will take place as scheduled “with or without COVID” says IOC exec
- Casey Baseel
Sep 8, 2020
Promises that they will be “the Games that conquered COVID.”
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- (2020 Olympics • COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • IOC • Olympics • sports • Tokyo Olympics)
British Olympic team sends heartfelt message to Tokyo one year before the opening ceremony
- Oona McGee
Jul 24, 2020
Tear-jerking video draws striking parallels between the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 2020 Games now scheduled for 2021.
- Europe, Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Tokyo Olympics • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • IOC • Lutalo Muhammad • Olympics • sports • Tokyo 2020 • Tokyo Olympics • videos)
Tokyo Olympics announces new start date following coronavirus postponement
- Casey Baseel
Mar 31, 2020
Tokyo’s governor hopes having firm start date will allow athletes and organizers to better focus on preparing for the delayed Games.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Tokyo Olympics • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • IOC • Olympics • sports • Tokyo Olympics)
IOC President is “in 100-percent agreement” with Japan’s proposal to postpone Tokyo Olympics
- Casey Baseel
Mar 25, 2020
Also agrees with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s proposal to have the Games by next summer at the latest.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • IOC • Olympics • sports • Tokyo Olympics)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe proposes postponing Tokyo Olympics for up to one year
- Casey Baseel
Mar 24, 2020
Reported conference call asks IOC to change Tokyo 2020 to Tokyo 2021.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • IOC • Olympics • Shinzo Abe • sports • Tokyo Olympics)
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