After virus-hit Olympics, public split over future games in Japan

The Japanese public appears split over hosting the Olympics again in the future, while nearly 40 percent of respondents think it was good that the Tokyo Games went ahead despite COVID-19, a private-sector survey recently showed.The online survey by the Nomura Research Institute also found around 45 percent of respondents in Tokyo and its nearby areas, where most competition venues were located, said it was "the right move" to hold the games without spectators.The spread of COVID-19 posed a daunting challenge to the organizers who ran the Olympics from July 23 to Aug. 8 despite public opposi…READ FULL ARTICLE