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Japanese Government Wants Evacuees To Return To Fukushima In Time To Make Olympics Look Good<em></em>One of the few things that the Olympics do well, aside from putting cities in significant debt that can take decades to pay off, is symbolism. It was on display last year in Pyeongchang when the North and South Korean delegations marched into the opening ceremonies for the Winter Olympics, and if th...

Japanese Scientists Are Trying To Keep 'Guerilla Rainstorms' From Ruining The Olympics<em></em>What’s worse than rain on your wedding day or on your parade? Rain during your outdoor athletic event at the Olympics....

The Cost Of The Tokyo 2020 Opening And Closing Ceremonies Has Risen 43 PercentAnother day, another report of costs increases for the Olympics. Just a few days after we learned that the Rio organizing committee’s debt from the 2016 Summer Games was more than three times higher than what it was originally supposed to be, we have a report that cost overruns are already plaguing ...

Tokyo 2020 Is Trying To Hide Its Use Of Unpaid Workers By Calling Them Its "Field Cast"

With less than two years to go until the Olympics and already several billion dollars over budget, the Tokyo Olympic organizers have unveiled their plan for hiding the reliance on volunteers to perform the basic services for athletes and fans at the Olympic Village and at the competition venues: cal...

Will Japan’s Olympic Mascot Be A Soohorang Or An Izzy?

The 2018 Winter Olympics are over, and there was one clear winner: Soohorang, mascot of the Pyeongchang games....

Man Who Was Evicted For 1964 Olympics To Be Evicted For 2020 Olympics

The IOC hates Kohei Jinno....