Posted on 07/23/2021 9:12:09 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
...Since the initial rule book was issued in February, Tokyo 2020 has turned the restriction screws much tighter. Foreigners traveling to the Olympics must now have two negative PCR tests before boarding the plane to Tokyo. They must take a third test on arrival in Japan, which is officially called “Day 0,” and additional tests on days 1, 2 and 3. Saliva-sample spit boxes are positioned throughout the Olympic apron. There are no exemptions for those already vaccinated. Last week duty-free shops were ordered to examine customers’ passports to be sure they haven’t violated 14-day quarantine restrictions.
To enforce Covid controls, Japan has put in place a mechanism called Infection Control, or ICON. Each accredited person must appoint a Covid-19 Liaison Officer, or CLO, who reports to ICON. The CLO oversees the creation of an “Activity Plan” for each participant, subject to approval by the government of Japan, detailing which events Olympic participants wish to attend. These plans are often rejected. ICON also requires a “Written Pledge” to follow isolation rules. Noncompliance triggers a series of sanctions up to deportation.
Public transportation is off-limits to foreigners during their first 14 days in Japan. But here again Tokyo 2020 has fumbled its planning. There was no practical way to Fukushima other than the bullet train. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
Good Lordy, dystopian, stupid Gaijin.
That and...
Why is there a Refugee Olympic Team?
https://www.rescue.org/article/why-there-refugee-olympic-team
—”I’d rather watch an ant farm.”
Ants can be entertaining.
But posting goofy articles on FR is more fun.
The only way we would watch any of it is if Babymetal or Bandmaid are playing during the opening or closing ceremonies.
And I will say this, when did “Imagine” become some kind of World Anthem? They play it now at every Olympic Opening Ceremonies.
That is absolutely who it should have been.
Broke his kneecap and still competed and landed that dismount. Ouch!
And yet that wench was more deserving? I think not!
But that’s our world today.
I fully believe that if there WERE people in the stadium when Osaka was revealed, there would have been an audible gasp, and likely a lot of murmuring. I doubt there would’ve been anyone booing, since that really isn’t a Japanese thing.
I did watch the whole shebang, and I noted that she didn’t even really look like she was even a little bit excited. She seemed to move in a manner that felt ‘lazy’.
I wouldn’t be surprised if a bunch of Japanese call for the firing of whoever made the decision to name her.
Says who??? I counted no less than FOUR commercials from Toyota during the OC. They weren't really about cars, except for one.
That’s a good point, there’s no way they would have picked her if the stadium was full.
In fact this whole BLM kneeling nonsense would have never happened without COVID.
I think they meant air time in Japan itself.
Of course not, she hates Japan.
I don't think it was the Japanese's call, I suspect they were under pressure from the IOC.
In other news Brisbane Australia gets the 2032 summer games. I suppose as an Aussie I should be happy but honestly I no longer care.
Wasn’t it the only city that bid on them?
I guess so. I stumbled over this news at wiki. It seems the bidding format has changed and they basically voted yea or nay on Brisbane on the eve of these games. The page I saw had a lot of other cities who were thinking or something but I guess Brisbane thought the hardest.
—”Says who???”
See link in #18 ?
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