kurogane wrote:Just to second Russell's sentiments, yes to the NO! to the 2020s. Whadda shameless waste of resources and effort. BUT, holding any events in a region that removed from Tokyo would make a mockery of the chosen location and the bid itself. There seems to be a soccer game or games in Miyagi, wherever that is, but other than that the very idea is outside the purview of the bid itself. Not to mention that nobody should be forced by such nakedly political maneuvering to attend an event they (wrongly) believe is not safe. Sadly, it's a bait and switch shell game. A desire to hold the Olympic Games is unworthy of anybody from a developed nation, even allowing for the Asian Thing where they simply love that BS. Leave that sort of froof for the flag waving middle rankers. Like London..........
Ah see, ye goeth off half cocked (again).
Miyagi prefecture (which is where I am located) is the next one up from Fukushima. I myself am located in southern Miyagi, not terribly far from the Fukushima border and about 80 kilometres from what's left of the the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Fuckup. In fact, I drive into Fukushima quite often. I'm not terribly far from the Rifu stadium when this olympicness is supposed to happen either.
Yes, part of the soccer program in Miyagi, maybe. There's some noise about the paralympics too. To get to the stadium in Miyagi the players must travel through Fukushima (OMG! EEEK! THE HORROR! THEY'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!).
I give up. The whole Fukushima-is-dangerous thing is just too fucking moronic.