Shame on Tokyo. Shame on Mitsui Fudosan. This wanton assault on green space in Tokyo is a moral crime, pursued by real greedy estate interests and sanctioned by TMG. Ugly as it gets.
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Stephen Wade
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Stephen Wade
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Associated Press reporter/sports writer. “News is what someone wants suppressed. Everything else is advertising.” — Katharine Graham [email protected]
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Why you may see Japanese soccer fans cleaning up the stadium after World Cup games
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Japan awakens to Radio Taiso exercise tradition. One face of the country's longevity
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The Japanese media is compliant, under the thumb of special interests. In particular, construction and real estate developers, and influence of ad giant Dentsu. Most aggressive reporting by tabloid press.
永遠の少年３@eiennoshonen3
アメリカのCNNが取り上げたのに 日本のメディアは取り上げないの？ #滅べ自民党 #高市やめろ
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Homelessness in LA. Searing inequality. And now come the 2028 Olympics. Billions on taxpayers. Traffic nightmare. Ticket gouging. Olympics — as always. A few profit massively. Everyone else pays. Tokyo Paris, Rio the same. IOC — a sports biz — is a genius at fooling the public.
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Big one felt in Tokyo. Side to side seating. Felt several minutes.
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Insane. Blistering summer heat in Tokyo. Too much concrete already. Too few parks. Real estate developers like Mitsui Fudosan behind this carnage. Profit in skyscrapers. Not in trees. TMG and Governor Koike in lockstep with developers — not in public interest. So so clear.
ロッシェル・カップ@JICRochelle
「日本の樹木はなぜ切られるのか？」 @tokyo_ymasuda との対談動画がアップされました。 「アメリカをはじめ他の国々では、樹木の価値をきちんと認識し共生する努力をしているのに、日本では、あまりにも樹木が軽視されすぎていないか？」というテーマについては対談しました。youtu.be/hfFMqs7AErU?si…
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I recall studying Chinese with Vicenç way back in Beijing. He actually learned. Good to see his take.
Cafè d'idees@cafedidees_rtve
☕ Vicenç Sanclemente explica com la Xina pot haver impulsat el Pakistan a arribar a l'acord d'alto el foc entre els EUA i l'Iran | @VSanclmnt 📲 rtve.es/cafedidees
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Carlos Nuzman headed the 2016 Rio Olympics. Convicted 4 1/2 years ago of buying votes for Rio to host Games. Was sentenced to 30 years in jail. IOC says case still on appeal, so he remains provisionally suspended as honorary IOC member. Rio a great city. Olympic legacy abysmal.
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Rio Games were to help clean Guanabara Bay. Didn’t happen. Organizers went bankrupt — needed govt bailout. Nuzman a convicted criminal. The rail extension at least 25% over budget, fallout from IOC deadlines. Perspective: IOC is private biz but lives off billions in public money.
Christian Klaue@ChKlaue
Steve, let’s put things into perspective: ▪️ USD 8bn were for urban infrastructure, 40% privately funded, including: 1 new metro line, 2 new BRT lines, 1 new light rail line, renewed train stations, new road works, total regeneration of the port region, 1 new urban park, new WADA-accredited anti-doping lab, anti-flooding reservoirs, various environmental and sanitation projects. Benefiting the people until today. ▪️ USD 2bn+ for Games venues, 60% privately funded: Olympic Park, Deodoro Park - all being used per our story. Benefiting the people until today. ▪️ USD 2.8bn the OCOG budget, almost entirely privately funded. As far as Carlos Nuzman is concerned, you are surely aware that he is provisionally suspended from the IOC. When issues like those come up, we address them. The legacy as described above still remains.
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The real legacy of Rio Olympics is IOC member Carlos Nuzman and corruption charges, $13 billion spent officially — likely much more, organizing committee broke needing a govt bailout. How many schools, hospitals could have been built for $13 billion? Nerve of IOC to talk legacy.
Christian Klaue@ChKlaue
📌 This local development sits within a wider Rio 2016 legacy programme, with venues and Games-time spaces repurposed for public use through parks, education projects and sports facilities. While the implementation of the legacy plan was delayed due to governance challenges in the years after the Games, projects have continued to be delivered in stages. ▪️ In Rio’s West Zone, the canoe slalom venue at Deodoro reopened to the public as a swimming pool in September 2016, just weeks after the Games ended. It continues to host high-performance training and competitions at national and international level. ▪️ In the Olympic Park, legacy projects have continued in recent years. In 2024, Carioca Arena 3 was converted into a special sports education institution, while materials from the Arena of the Future – designed as part of the “nomadic architecture” concept introduced by the organisers for some of the facilities – have been reused to build four public schools in neighbourhoods in the West Zone. ▪️ In the same area, Rita Lee Park was inaugurated in May 2024 in the Olympic Park, transforming a former Games-time pedestrian zone into a public space for sport and physical activity. ▪️ The Rio BMX track reopened after a full renovation in January 2025, set to serve both the public and high-performance athletes. And at the heart of the Olympic Park, the Rio Olympic Museum opened in the velodrome in August 2025, offering an interactive journey through Rio 2016 and highlighting the Games’ legacy alongside the park’s wider community facilities. ▪️ The Maracanã Stadium, which hosted the Opening and Closing Ceremonies and football at Rio 2016, was placed under the management of Flamengo and Fluminense, and hosts regular matches alongside occasional concerts. It welcomed more than three million football fans in 2025. ➡️ Full story: olympics.com/ioc/news/rio-2… /2 - end
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F1 hiatus upcoming: Japanese GP will be the last race for 5 weeks due to the Iran war
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