Opinion | The Olympics Are On! But Why? (Published 2021)

TOKYO — The torch relay run that has opened the Olympics since 1936 started on Thursday from Fukushima, Japan, delayed by a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Games will be held this summer, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Sunday, “as a proof of humanity’s victory over the novel coronavirus” — even though there is no sign that Japan, let alone humanity, will defeat the coronavirus

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上智大学国際教養学部教授（政治学） Professor of Political Science, Sophia University『野党が政権に就くとき』（人文書院）『右傾化する日本政治』（岩波新書）