Tokyo residents torn after Olympics end, as PM support slides and COVID-19 spikes

Record ID: 1631214

  • Title: Tokyo residents torn after Olympics end, as PM support slides and COVID-19 spikes
  • Date: 9th August 2021
  • Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (AUGUST 9, 2021) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF OLYMPIC STADIUM PILES OF TURF ON GROUND WORKER CARRYING METAL BARRIER WORKERS PUSHING CONTAINERS OF EQUIPMENT POLICE OFFICER PUSHING WHEELBARROW OF CONES AND MARKERS EXTERIOR OF OLYMPIC STADIUM WORKERS WALKING ON BALCONY OF OLYMPIC STADIUM VARIOUS OF PEOPLE TAKING PHOTOS OUTSIDE OF STADIUM (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) 35-YEAR-OLD TOKYO RESIDENT, TATSUYA SATO, SAYING: "I don't think the Olympics really should have been held under such a situation (with the coronavirus), but when I think about the athletes, I still feel it was a good thing to hold it. So (the government) is in a very difficult position, and I can't say that I'm 100% against (what the government has done)."
  • Embargoed: 23rd August 2021 07:36
  • Keywords: COVID-19 Japan Olympic Stadium Olympics Tokyo 2020 Yoshihide Suga coronavirus pandemic reax
  • Location: TOKYO, JAPAN
  • City: TOKYO, JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Olympics,Sport
  • Reuters ID: LVA001EPK3PL3
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Tokyo residents on Monday (August 9) said they were torn after the Olympic Games, with some saying they were "glad" that they had taken place and others said they had reservations about the consequences of the event which was held amid the coronavirus pandemic.
    Tokyo doused its Olympic flame on Sunday (August 8) night. Postponed for a year, the Tokyo 2020 Games fell short of the triumph and financial windfall Japan had wanted.
    Support for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga slid below 30% for the first time since he took office, a survey showed on Monday, a sign the Tokyo Olympic Games failed to boost his ratings amid a resurgence of virus infections.
    Japan's slow vaccination rollouts have hurt Suga's popularity and a spike in new infections, caused by the rapid spread of the Delta variant, has overshadowed the Olympic Games with cases hitting a milestone of one million on Friday (August 6).
    (Production: Joseph Campbell, Irene Wang)
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