On March 23, the Tokyo Olympics changed again, and Canada and Australia successively announced that they would withdraw from the 2020 Summer Olympics due to the risk of the epidemic. According to Kyodo News Agency, the Japanese government decided on the same day that if the International Olympic Committee (IOC) proposes to postpone the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Japan will agree. And just a week ago, On Sunday, March 15, the International Olympic Committee held an emergency meeting to discuss the “pandemic” countermeasures of the Olympic Games. Looking back on history, Japan has an unusual feeling for the Olympic Games-the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, boosted the economy and started the wave of “acquisition of the world” by Japanese companies. Why can’t the Japanese keep the Olympic Games? The people expect that the government also has an abacus.
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To prevent the epidemic of new coronavirus pneumonia from further expanding, on February 25th, the Japanese government convened a meeting of the headquarters of the countermeasures and determined a comprehensive basic policy. But on the same day, Dick Pound, a senior official of the International Olympic Committee, said in an exclusive interview with the Associated Press that if the new crown pneumonia epidemic could not be controlled in late May, it would have been scheduled for the Tokyo Olympics on July 24, 2020. It may be cancelled instead of postponing or changing the host city.
For this,Japanese government spokesman and Cabinet Chief Cabinet Secretary Takayoshi Wei said on February 26 that Pound’s views represent his own, not the International Olympic Committee. The Tokyo Olympics will be held as planned.
The International Olympic Committee spokesman told Xinhua News Agency on the 26th that the International Olympic Committee is working hard to successfully host the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as scheduled. The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee will continue to cooperate with relevant agencies to closely monitor the incidence of infectious diseases, and will also discuss with the relevant agencies any necessary countermeasures. Beyond that, all speech is speculation.
Despite this, the situation is not optimistic. As of the 26th, a total of 862 cases of new crown pneumonia have been confirmed in Japan, of which 691 were diagnosed on the “Princess Diamond” cruise ship. Expert groups discussing the epidemic countermeasures believe that the domestic epidemic situation in Japan is at an early stage and can be expected to further development of.
On February 25, pedestrians wearing masks passed the Tokyo Olympic Games countdown electronic screen. Source: Xinhua News Agency
From plagiarizing the construction of a new national arena, to the plagiarism scandal of the Olympic emblem, to the storm of bribery elections, Japan has stumbled into the Olympic countdown. If the Tokyo Olympics cannot be held as scheduled, how much will Japan lose?
A sports game that has become a life-saving expectation of Japan’s life-saving straw
In 2013, Japan successfully bid for the Olympic Games and Tokyo became the host of the 2020 Summer Olympics.
This success has not come easily. Because after the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it is customary for Asia to host the Olympics again after at least three Olympics, and Japan has taken back the hosting rights on behalf of Asia as quickly as possible. This means that after 56 years, Japan welcomes the Olympic Games again, and Tokyo will also become the fifth city in the world to host two Olympic Games.
For this glory, daySome active preparations in the country make people look “obsessed.”
Japan first introduced five dangerous viruses, including Ebola, to develop diagnostic reagents before the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. This is the first time that Japan has introduced a safety level of 4 (BSL-4) , which is the most dangerous level of pathogens, and currently only the National Institute of Infectious Diseases This level of security can be reached. In order to fight the virus, set yourself a big obstacle.
Prosperous custom industry is one of the symbols of Japan. Although Kabukicho in Tokyo is only 0.35 square kilometers, it has more than 5,000 hotels and various adult entertainment venues. However, stimulated by the huge benefits that the Olympic Games will bring, the government has launched a surge in the custom industry-not only on a large-scale “purification” in Kabukicho, but also Japan’s 7-11, Rosen, and the family’s three convenience stores have successively decided. Adult magazines will be discontinued in all stores in Japan at the end of August 2019.
In addition, in preparation for Olympic medals, Japanese citizens have been donating mobile phones and old appliances since 2017. In a few years, more than 5 million old mobile phones and nearly 4.8 tons of other electronic equipment have been donated.
Each smart phone contains only 0.05g of gold + 20.26g of silver + 12.6g of copper, and the content of a laptop is about ten times that of a mobile phone. According to the rules of the International Olympic Committee, Olympic gold medals must contain at least 6g of gold, that is, a gold medal requires at least 120 used mobile phones to be refined.
How many total medals does the Tokyo Olympics have? About 5,000.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe even starred in the closing ceremony of the Rio Olympic Games-he appeared in the Marie water pipe as Mario, which is undoubtedly the brightest scene in the high-tech performance show “Tokyo 8 Minutes”.
The picture shows a scene from “Eight Minutes in Tokyo”
The nation is so hard. Why?
Abe Jin Sanyi said, “I want the Olympics to be a trigger to eliminate deflation and economic recession.”
When Abe took office, he proposed a series of economic policies to stimulate the Japanese economy, including monetary easing, fiscal policies, and stimulus policies. Although this series of “Abenomics” measures has significantly improved the Japanese economy, it is still far from achieving the promised changes.
In the second quarter of 2019, driven by strong corporate investment, Japan ’s GDP grew by 1.8% year-on-year and 0.4% month-on-month. Although it achieved growth for the third quarter in a row, its debt and GDP span class = “text-remarks” label = “Remarks”> (GDP) ratio, Japan’s debt scale is equivalent to more than five times the country’s GDP, and the ratio of government bonds to GDP has exceeded two Times. In addition, as the population aging process intensifies and Japan’s social security costs continue to increase, it shows that the Japanese economy is facing tremendous debt repayment pressure.
Not long ago, the fourth quarter of 2019 GDP announced by the Japanese Cabinet Office converted into a negative annual growth rate of 6.3%, far exceeding the expected negative 3.7%.
This is not only the first decline in five quarters, but also the largest decline since the last quarter of 2014.
The reason is that whether the sales tax increase in October 2019, weak global demand hurt consumption and capital expenditures, or the consequences of the typhoon Haibeis that struck Japan last fall, or domestic consumption Tepid. In short, this “domestic demand collapse” was menacing.
Facing the downturn of the Japanese economy, the Olympic Games carry the hope of life-saving straw. Because of the sweetness it has brought, the Japanese remember it fresh: The 1964 Tokyo Olympics once refreshed Japan.
After World War II, Japan has long been isolated and alienated internationally. The International Olympic Committee even once excluded Japan from the Olympic Movement. As the Japanese economy recovered in the late 1950s, how to wash up the shame and establish the world as Japan’s national aspirations. Japan has begun preparations that are almost “crazy”.
Whether the epidemic situation in Japan and the world can be effectively controlled before the opening of the Olympic Games will be the true “judge” of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
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