Filled with doubt, division and Covid, Tokyo braces for Olympics
by Justin McCurry in Tokyo from World news | The Guardian on (#5MAN8)
After a year's delay, the Games begin this week. But it is an event that few in a fearful host nation now want as infections rise again
The joy and anticipation that greeted the International Olympic Committee's decision in 2013 to award the 2020 Games to Tokyo feels like it belongs in another age, let alone a different decade.
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