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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Let the Games … be gone?

By John Branch
New York Times·
14 mins to read
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Let the Games … be gone?
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Let the Games … be gone?
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After bidding scandals, human rights outrages, overburdened host cities, rampant cheating, a pandemic — and, sure, thrilling competitions — has the world had enough of the Olympics?

In the middle of the night nearly two years ago, construction crews gathered near Senso-ji, Tokyo's oldest Buddhist temple and a popular tourist

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