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Tokyo 2021: Japan bans foreign fans from Olympic games due to COVID-19 risks
Sky News ^ | March 20 | By Bethany Minelle, news reporter

Posted on 03/20/2021 12:37:30 PM PDT by RandFan

The delayed Tokyo Olympics will be held without foreign fans and volunteers, the organising committee has decided.

The games, which were postponed from last year due to coronavirus, are scheduled to open on 23 July to 8 August, with the Paralympics due to follow from 25 August to 5 September.

The decision was made by the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Organising Committee following talks with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), local organisers, the Japanese government, the Tokyo metropolitan government and the International Paralympic Committee.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: japan; olympics; olympics2020; olympics2021; tokyo
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To: Fai Mao

Yeah, it does screw the amateurs vying for achievement.


21 posted on 03/20/2021 1:11:44 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Fai Mao

The last Olympics I actually watched was London or Vancouver.


22 posted on 03/20/2021 1:15:38 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: EEGator
I still cannot reconcile the Japanese cultural standards of extreme politeness and etiquette with their pop culture taste.
23 posted on 03/20/2021 1:16:38 PM PDT by LukeL
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To: RandFan

I’m banning the Olympics from my world, so all good.


24 posted on 03/20/2021 1:19:29 PM PDT by BusterDog
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To: RandFan

The Nipponese are getting tired of the weak cowardly gaijin and their appeasement.

They are the smartest toughest people of asia and will do what is necessary for their survival.


25 posted on 03/20/2021 1:20:55 PM PDT by hank ernade (armchair macho bravado EverTrumper)
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To: LukeL

26 posted on 03/20/2021 1:21:07 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: LukeL

Star Blazers and Robotech were awesome though.


27 posted on 03/20/2021 1:21:37 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: BusterDog

There WAS a time when the Olympics was revered NO MORE could care less about the games!!!


28 posted on 03/20/2021 1:22:48 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: RandFan

Will “turning Japanese” help any at airport immigration?


29 posted on 03/20/2021 1:27:00 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: EEGator

At least there won’t be Bryant Gumbel & Katie Couric.


30 posted on 03/20/2021 1:39:24 PM PDT by sevlex
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To: EEGator

Japan believes in borders. The demographic that never seems to change is African Americans and they never seem to wonder why. It’sbeen a steady 12 to 13% forever. Abortion and black yutes killing each other just might be the cause.


31 posted on 03/20/2021 1:44:41 PM PDT by pnut22
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To: pnut22

Japan prefers their own kind, which I’m completely cool with.


32 posted on 03/20/2021 1:54:52 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: RandFan

The PRC has the 2022 Winter Olympics. With the Biden Admin I am unsure if they would pull that trigger but given the PROVEN Genocide, China’s winter may be too cold!


33 posted on 03/20/2021 2:03:25 PM PDT by SES1066 (I love my Country, but I fear too much Government!)
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To: EEGator

This is true. They never would allow mass immigration as they see it as a dilution of their culture and tradition.

i guess this makes them racists


34 posted on 03/20/2021 2:04:34 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: lefty-lie-spy

I always liked watching the Japanese Women’s Volleyball. ;D


35 posted on 03/20/2021 2:04:52 PM PDT by Bikkuri (If you're conservative, you're an "extremist." If you're liberal, you're an "activist.")
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To: RandFan

Sounds good to me.


36 posted on 03/20/2021 2:11:47 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: pnut22

Watching pro football was worse, they piped in fake crowd noise so loud it was super annoying , had to mute everything.


37 posted on 03/20/2021 2:12:09 PM PDT by baclava
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To: RandFan

Even athlete’s parents aren’t allowed.


38 posted on 03/20/2021 2:21:21 PM PDT by Campion (What part of "shall not be infringed" don't they understand?)
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To: RandFan

Totally absurd with all the precautions now available. I gave up on Japanese news after they shut down borders when the new cases in Tokyo rose to more than 300 a day.


39 posted on 03/20/2021 2:37:49 PM PDT by erlayman (yw)
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To: pnut22
Japan believes in borders.

Pretty easy to do when your country is an island.

40 posted on 03/20/2021 2:46:41 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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