{"id":601587,"date":"2021-07-23T19:20:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T23:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=601587"},"modified":"2021-07-23T19:21:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T23:21:04","slug":"tokyo-residents-protest-against-the-olympic-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tokyo-residents-protest-against-the-olympic-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo residents protest against the Olympic games"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftokyo-residents-protest-against-the-olympic-games%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=601587&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2466754\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2466754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People protest against the hosting of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo on July 23, 2021. (Photo by PHILIP FONG\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 4:15 PM PT \u2013 Friday, July 23, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Protesters gathered in Japan outside the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building to challenge the Olympic games. On Friday, nearly 50 protestors chanted \u201cno to the Olympics\u201d and \u201csave people\u2019s lives\u201d while they held signs that read \u201ccancel the Olympics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga continued to face criticism as activists have claimed he\u2019s put the Olympic games ahead of the public health concerns of the country. Tokyo recorded a new six month high in COVID-19 cases just one day before the Olympics were set to begin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t believe that, why the government allow that to happen, it\u2019s unethical,\u201d one local resident expressed. \u201cWe can\u2019t enjoy it anyway, you know we can\u2019t celebrate, it no mood for celebration. We are not happy, we are very unhappy about having our Olympics here in this city.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let the Olympic Games begin! \ud83c\udf86<\/p>\n<p>An incredible firework display fills the sky to mark the beginning of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tokyo2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tokyo2020<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OpeningCeremony?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OpeningCeremony<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StrongerTogether?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StrongerTogether<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RqZGMKeNdE\">pic.twitter.com\/RqZGMKeNdE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Olympics (@Olympics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Olympics\/status\/1418585567047081986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Japan is still pushing ahead with the Olympics after spending $15.4 billion on the games.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/rolling-loud-hip-hop-festival-returns-to-miami\/\">Rolling Loud Hip-Hop Festival Returns To Miami<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People protest against the hosting of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo on July 23, 2021. 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