BAD OMENS
The woman from Peru, who is Japan’s first known case of the Lambda variant, came to Japan with Olympic accreditation.
Chihiro Kai is a Japanese American bilingual journalist with a background in evolutionary biology. She has written for Tempura, Japan Subculture Research Center and other publications.
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OLYMPICS FIRST
Even after a Lambda case was conclusively identified at the airport, the government omitted the findings from two press releases, reluctant to raise alarms during the Olympics.
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SHHHH...
The Daily Beast has discovered that Japan reported a case of the highly infectious Lambda variant in Tokyo three days before the Olympics began. Then it kept it quiet.
NOTHING TO CELEBRATE
The Empress of Japan is not attending and the Emperor is not “celebrating.” It’s all part of a carefully orchestrated maneuver.
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‘HUSH MONEY’
The employee told The Daily Beast that Tokyo organizers, who claim the musician was cut for budget reasons, were “miffed” about having an African performer in the ceremony.
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FUNERAL MARCH
In yet another tone-deaf move, organizers used a song by a virulently homophobic and ultranationalist figure to open the Olympics—despite many warnings it might go over very badly.
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HALF-ASSED
It all started with a shocking email sent to Olympic staffers last month.
‘BACH OFF’
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are hated by the locals as COVID-19 numbers surpass 1,000 a day. IOC President Thomas Bach has managed to make matters even worse.
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SICK JOKE
As Japan plunges towards the Olympics, the baffling mystery of who is responsible for thousands of ruined vaccine doses is gripping the country.