couldn t be more different. the stadium where the opening ceremony will happen is surrounded by high fences spectators kept far away. first, there was the enormous cost of the main stadium, this then there were problems with the olympic logo, then there were allegations of corruption, and then covid hit. the whole games had to be moved by a year. this year, japan s olympic chief had to step down over a sexism 1’0w. then the composer of music for the opening ceremony was forced out because of bullying allegations. finally, one day before the games were due to open, the director of the whole opening ceremony has been fired because it turns out he made jokes about the holocaust. it s no wonder some people here think these games are cursed. newsreel: the world s biggest city, more than | 10 million population and still growing, tokyo prepares. it was all so different the last time tokyo held the games back in 1964. author robert whiting had arrived injapan two years earlier.
the stadium where the opening ceremony will happen is surrounded by high fences spectators kept far away. first, there was the enormous cost of the main stadium, then there were problems with the olympic logo, then there were allegations of corruption, and then covid hit. the whole games had to be moved by a year. this year, japan s olympic chief had to step down over a sexism 1’0w. then the composer of music for the opening ceremony was forced out because of bullying allegations. finally, one day before the games were due to open, the director of the whole opening ceremony has been fired because it turns out he made jokes about the holocaust. it s no wonder some people here think these games are cursed. newsreel: the world s biggest city, more than | 10 million population and still growing, tokyo prepares. it was all so different the last time tokyo held the games back in 1964. author robert whiting had arrived injapan two years earlier. it s too bad, one of the really nice things
young new fans, and it seems to be working. translation: it would be cool to watch great - skateboarders at the olympics. translation: | love snowboarding, so skateboarding is good practice for me, and it s fun! at one time, everyone here was an olympic fan. on the day tokyo won the bid back in 2013, people were delirious with joy. tokyo! today, the atmosphere couldn t be more different. the stadium where the opening ceremony will happen is surrounded by high fences spectators kept far away. first, there was the enormous cost of the main stadium, then there were problems with the olympic logo, then there were allegations of corruption, and then covid hit. the whole games had to be moved by a year. this year, japan s olympic chief had to step down over a sexism 1’0w. then the composer of music for the opening ceremony was forced out because of bullying allegations. finally, one day before