Imagine a group of lovers huddled together walking along the river at night or three generations of families embracing each other on their grandchild's birthday. What we are looking for is a world where such "everyday life" has returned.
However, Japan is now on the verge of becoming a "disturbed country" that goes directly against such hopes. Holding the Olympics and Paralympics under a declared state of emergency as the new coronavirus infection continues to spread?
If it were any other country, we would be disgusted and say, "What a terrible country!"
The first and foremost duty of a national leader is to protect people's lives.
In a rare post on @asahi, the award-winning novelist #JiroAkagawa#赤川次郎 calls on the world of medicine and the press to "each raise their voices against the Olympics," demanding the #Tokyo2020 organizers to call off the Games because "no human loss can ever be recovered."
Imagine lovers, side by side, enjoying their night walk alongside a river. Imagine a family of three generations, gathered to celebrate their grandchildren's birthday, embracing each other. That's the life that we wanted to return to.
BREAKING NEWS: Grade schools and junior high schools in Tokyo's #Mitaka city have plans to have their students watch the #Tokyo2020 Games as a curriculum with meticulously planned schedule, revealed in the Mitaka City Council deliberation. #StopExploitingChildrenForOlympics
The plan shows at the bottom in red that the original proposal was made from Tokyo government on December 2020. A total of 12,777 students were subject to this curriculum with just 880 teachers to escort them. Today, the number has changed to 12,962 students and 836 escorts.