Tag Archives: Tokyo Olympics

Anti-Olympics groups want more attention put on event’s downfalls via Kyodo News

Posted on 2019/07/23 by nfield

By Toma Mochizuki Anti-Olympics groups on Tuesday called for the end to the quadrennial international sports event, highlighting the situation surrounding Japan’s disaster-struck Fukushima and its connection to the games, as well as the overall displacement of residents within host … Continue reading →

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The 2020 Olympics Are Likely to Be a Disaster via The Nation

Posted on 2019/07/23 by nfield

By David Zirin and Jules Boykoff At first glance, this must appear to be the politest anti-Olympics movement imaginable. The group fighting against the games is known as Okotowari Olympics 2020, or No Thanks Olympics 2020. However, after spending a … Continue reading →

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic domestic sponsorship tops $3 bil as companies pile in via Japan Today

Posted on 2019/06/29 by nfield

By Karolos Grohmann The Tokyo 2020 Olympics have generated record domestic sponsorship revenues of more than $3 billion, the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday – three times more than any previous summer Games. There is huge enthusiasm among the … Continue reading →

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EU plans to ease restrictions on food from Fukushima area via Japan Today

Posted on 2019/06/29 by nfield

TOKYO The European Union has told Japan that it plans to relax its restrictions on some food products from areas affected by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japanese officials said Thusday. EU leaders Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Junker conveyed the … Continue reading →

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Olympics: Report reveals alleged labor issues at 2020 building sites via Kyodo News

Posted on 2019/05/30 by nfield

TOKYO- A report released by a global union federation on Wednesday demanded better conditions for laborers working on the construction of Tokyo Games facilities after several “alarming” alleged labor violations were uncovered. The report from the Building and Wood Workers’ … Continue reading →

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The Olympics Clean-up: Fukushima, Okinawa, Homelessness via New Bloom

Posted on 2019/05/05 by nfield

Nuclear Disaster Without End NUCLEAR PHYSICIST Hiroaki Koide has pointed out that although eight years have passed, there is still more than one million tons of irradiated water which still hasn’t been treated. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)’s “handling” method … Continue reading →

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The Fukushima nuclear disaster: 8 years on via International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War

Posted on 2019/04/27 by nfield

By Tilman Ruff Japanese translation […] Professor Kiyoshi Kurokawa, who chaired the Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission, Japan’s first ever independent parliamentary investigation commission, has written recently that since the Commission submitted its recommendations to the national Diet in 2012, … Continue reading →

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Fukushima soccer facility, repurposed after 3/11 disaster, fully reopens via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/04/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

FUKUSHIMA – The J-Village national soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture resumed full operation Saturday, eight years after it was converted into an operational base to cope with the nuclear disaster that hit the prefecture in 2011. The facility, established in … Continue reading →

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Stop Olympics In Fukushima, Stop Restarting Japan NUKES & Releasing Radiation via San Francisco Indie Bay

Posted on 2019/04/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

DateThursday April 11Time3:00 PM – 4:00 PMEvent TypeProtestOrganizer/AuthorNo Nukes ActionLocation DetailsSan Francisco Japanese Consulate 275 Battery St. near California San Francisco4/11 Speak Out Now! Stop Olympics In Fukushima, Stop Restarting The Japanese NUKES & Releasing Radioactive Water-Stop Repressing Anti-War/Anti-Nuclear Activists  Thursday, April 11, 2019, … Continue reading →

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Japanese Olympic chief to quit amid corruption allegations scandal via the Guardian

Posted on 2019/03/19 by nfield

[…] Tsunekazu Takeda, 71, who will also step down from the International Olympic Committee, has denied allegations of corruption since the Guardian revealed in May 2016 that the Tokyo Olympic bid team had made payments to a consultancy linked to the son … Continue reading →

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