Griff88 1,729 Posted July 19, 2021 #2301 Share Posted July 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Olympionikes said: I feel pretty weird to all the anti-olympics as in the same time there is people in base ball and football pro games in Japan. This looks pretty politic to me. Well, do any of those matches were held in Tokyo? I remembered the baseball match people is talking about was in Sendai and there is also sumo (which people keep comparing with the Olympics too) in Nagoya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinzha 512 Posted July 19, 2021 #2302 Share Posted July 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Agger said: So, do any other countries have an official Olympics song? Here's the Danish Not an official Olympics song, but our women's football team released this incredibly generic pop song last week: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,526 Posted July 19, 2021 #2303 Share Posted July 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, Griff88 said: Well, do any of those matches were held in Tokyo? I remembered the baseball match people is talking about was in Sendai and there is also sumo (which people keep comparing with the Olympics too) in Nagoya talking of Japanese baseball... well, 3 of the 12 NPB teams are located in Tokyo and 3 more in the greater Tokyo Metropolitan area (1 in Yokohama, where the Olympic Baseball tournament will be staged)... and they all had 20% capacity crowd in their stadiums until last week (when the championship stopped to make room for the Olympics)... in the rest of Japan the allowed audience was even higher, up to 50% capacity (Fukuoka)... so, to me, it's only the usual hypocracy...it's the Japanese political forces of the opposing parties (and their supporters in the industrial conglomerates, like Toyota or Rakuten) trying to make the government look stupid and not taking care of the local population... they are pure shit (I'm well used to it, since it reminds me the exact behaviour of our politicians...but I never thought in Japan they were so similar to us)... Oldira, Olympionikes, macozar and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tirtha22 64 Posted July 19, 2021 #2304 Share Posted July 19, 2021 3 hours ago, Agger said: So, do any other countries have an official Olympics song? Here's the Danish Here's the Indian one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff88 1,729 Posted July 19, 2021 #2305 Share Posted July 19, 2021 46 minutes ago, phelps said: talking of Japanese baseball... well, 3 of the 12 NPB teams are located in Tokyo and 3 more in the greater Tokyo Metropolitan area (1 in Yokohama, where the Olympic Baseball tournament will be staged)... and they all had 20% capacity crowd in their stadiums until last week (when the championship stopped to make room for the Olympics)... in the rest of Japan the allowed audience was even higher, up to 50% capacity (Fukuoka)... so, to me, it's only the usual hypocracy...it's the Japanese political forces of the opposing parties (and their supporters in the industrial conglomerates, like Toyota or Rakuten) trying to make the government look stupid and not taking care of the local population... they are pure shit (I'm well used to it, since it reminds me the exact behaviour of our politicians...but I never thought in Japan they were so similar to us)... Thank you, that's why I want to make sure first since I've came across quite a few people talking about events that are held hundreds of km from the Greater Tokyo area and began questioning the no-fans rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangehair43 169 Posted July 19, 2021 #2306 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Japan’s government is pretty business friendly. Are Toyota really supporters of the opposition. I would be surprised at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Liu 1,558 Posted July 19, 2021 #2307 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Here comes the second round. South Korea hung a "Korean Peninsula shaped" tiger written "Tiger is coming down from the mountain". Again it angers Japanese especially far-right political groups who deny most war crime committed towards asian neighbors during WW2. Japan think it linked to some anti-Japanese historical allusion and included the disputed island on the painting in a symbolization way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thiago_simoes 1,359 Posted July 19, 2021 #2308 Share Posted July 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Vic Liu said: Here comes the second round. South Korea hung a "Korean Peninsula shaped" tiger written "Tiger is coming down from the mountain". Again it angers Japanese especially far-right political groups who deny most war crime committed towards asian neighbors during WW2. Japan think it linked to some anti-Japanese historical allusion and included the disputed island on the painting in a symbolization way. It looks like the whole plan of has always been: why skip the Games altogether, like did, if you can move to the country hosting the Games and repeatedly slap their faces over what they did in the past? heywoodu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektor 3,177 Posted July 20, 2021 #2309 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Most of the news from the Games have been depressing, but at least we got this hilarious CNN headline: Irish gymnast jumps on Olympic Village cardboard bed to debunk 'anti-sex fake news' https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/19/sport/athletes-arrive-olympic-village-sex-beds-spt-intl/index.html Here's the tweet in case anyone missed it: Jan Linha and LuizGuilherme 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tirtha22 64 Posted July 20, 2021 #2310 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Hiroshi Hoketsu (Japan ) at 80 years competing in equestrian event will become the oldest athlete to take part in Olympics. Hend Zaza (Syria) at 11 years competing in Table Tennis will become the youngest athlete to take part in Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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