Time running out on Tokyo OlympicsJapan needs to rethink the Olympics. Mr Abe and his political associates continue to proclaim the Olympics will not be delayed, but that is just wishful thinking. How can a country move forward with plans to "welcome" the world to the Tokyo games when it can't even deal with a single cruise ship stranded in Tokyo Bay? Ever since right-wing firebrand Ishihara Shintaro was mayor of Tokyo, the 2020 Olympics have been a pet project of Japan nationalists seeking to burnish a flawed legacy. They hold the vain hope the 2020 games will be as transformative as the 1964 Tokyo Olympics famously were, again heralding an era of national pride.

Source: Bangkok Post February 18, 2020 22:18 UTC