Japan Through the Lens of the Tokyo Olympics

Everything you ever wanted to know about the #Tokyo2020 Olympics. Account hosted by lead editor @barbGhawaii. Open access publication.

[DIJ Tokyo @dij_tokyo]

"Now it's just a really dangerous experience": With 100 days to go to the #TokyoOlympics today fear and skepticism outweigh joy. DIJ deputy director @barbGhawaii on the effects of the pandemic on Olympic volunteers @cnnasiapr @dij_Tokyo2020 @Blake_EssigCNN
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[DIJ Tokyo @dij_tokyo]

Legacy or costly hangover? One year ago #Tokyo2020 was opened. DIJ deputy director and Olympic volunteer @barbGhawaii comments on the Games' aftermath and Japan's next Olympic ambitions: "And now they want to it again without asking the people of Sapporo." @APNews @dij_Tokyo2020

[Yuri Kageyama @yurikageyama]

We knew the scandal over the Olympics is sad for Japan. But the Kadokawa news conference going on now is really sad. The executives have apologized and promised better governance but stopped short of saying whether the chairman is guilty or not, leaving that to the criminal case.

[Martin Fritz @abc4japan]

Sehr gelungene Werbung.

[Japan Through the Lens of the Tokyo Olympics @dij_Tokyo2020]

ウクライナ・ゴストメルの動物保護施設を救出してください！https://t.co/tBxOafSCox via @change_jp

[Tristan @trilavier]

#Tokyo2020 gave its final report to the IOC Session earlier yesterday. Here are some highlights and data

[Selina Wang @selinawangtv]

Spoke to a local staffer for the Olympics. She was standing at a fence inside the closed loop, her husband & two young sons saying they missed her from meters away. It was the closest they could get to each other on the Lunar New Year. She said it's been a "tough" Olympics @cnn

[Selina Wang @selinawangtv]

Inside v. outside the #WinterOlympics bubble. My colleague @David_Culver & I haven't seen each other in ages. But the closest we could get was meters apart. Inside the closed loop, we're literally fenced in.
It's disconnected Beijing residents from the Games @cnn @OutFrontCNN

[DIJ Tokyo @dij_tokyo]

NEW on the DIJ YouTube channel: @barbGhawaii's online Coffee Hour Lecture @PrincetonEAS 'Smiling behind the mask. Tokyo Olympics and its volunteers' looks back at #Tokyo2020 and discusses its #volunteering legacy for Japanese society @dij_Tokyo2020 https://t.co/my71zyqkVj

[DIJ Tokyo @dij_tokyo]

Join the next online Coffee Hour Lecture @PrincetonEAS with DIJ deputy director @barbGhawaii on the 'Tokyo Olympics and Its Volunteers', Wed 13 Oct 7pm (EST)/Thu 14 Oct 8am (JST). Registration and details https://t.co/XExrsMe5ED @dij_Tokyo2020

[DIJ Tokyo @dij_tokyo]

Who is 'Smiling behind the mask'? Join DIJ deputy director @barbGhawaii's talk on the Tokyo Olympics and its volunteers @PrincetonEAS, Wed 13 Oct 7pm (EDT)/Thu 14 Oct 8am (JST) to learn about the #Tokyo2020 field cast & #volunteering legacy https://t.co/XExrsLWug3 @dij_Tokyo2020

[Barbara Holthus @barbGhawaii]

Olympics 2.0: Is Twitter aware that we have a smaller scale yet World sporting event in October in Japan - and media seems barely to report. Will there be a bubble? Quarantine? All the while borders remain closed. World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Kitakyushu, Oct. 18–24.

[DIJ Tokyo @dij_tokyo]

What remains of #Tokyo2020? Find out @GIGA_Institute @UZH_en 'Post-Olympics Japan' Workshop with DIJ researchers @barbGhawaii (Volunteering) & @SGanseforth (NOlympics), @smaslow_japan @prieber @Paul_M_OShea @SoundtheHorne @Japan_research @azimbalitw and mm https://t.co/NFeEQCtS5q

[Stephen Wade @StephenWadeAP]

130,000 meals wasted in month at Tokyo Olympics, NHK reported. https://t.co/53MaMQHRvt

[Mark Bookman @Mbookm01]

Hey all, check out this awesome event on the legacies of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. It features talks from a bunch of awesome speakers (and I'll be giving a presentation there as well). https://t.co/7PFysvI6RM

[Everything canoe, kayak, and SUP @PlanetCanoe]

. @kanuverband Edina Mueller says she feels heartbroken for the Japanese people who have built beautiful @Paralympics venues https://t.co/IxzBo3TQlF

[Motoko Rich @motokorich]

Paralympics in Tokyo demonstrated how people with disabilities can achieve at highest levels. It also motivated Japan to install more elevators in train stations & make hotel rooms & bathrooms accessible. But will it truly make Japan an inclusive society? https://t.co/znnlMIyujl

[Selina Wang @selinawangtv]

Brad Snyder becomes 1st US man - Olympic or #Paralympic - to win gold in triathlon. The war vet was completely blinded in Afghanistan after stepping on an IED. He says the q of whether the war was worth it, "plagues me, it keeps me awake at night" @CNN
https://t.co/gXFPpYQvT0

[DIJ Tokyo @dij_tokyo]

Japan hat eine "lange Geschichte der Diskriminierung" von Menschen mit Behinderungen, sagt Katharina Heyer, Autorin von Paralympic Games: Enabling Sports & Empowering Disability in https://t.co/CSqE7zLjLs. Die Paralympics helfen, so @barbGhawaii in @WELTAMSONNTAG @LarsNicolaysen

[DIJ Tokyo @dij_tokyo]

Gestern Abend wurden in Tokyo die #Paralympics eröffnet. Können sie helfen, die Stigmatisierung von Behinderten in Japan zu überwinden? DIJ-Vizedirektorin @barbGhawaii im @DLF_Sport Interview mit @SwissMari über Barrierefreiheit, Scham & langsamen Wandel https://t.co/CSqE7zLjLs

[Barbara Holthus @barbGhawaii]

Tokyo 2020 tried so hard to lift the Paralympics onto the same level as the Olympics. But: media covers the Paralympics much less - and even Thomas Bach only stays for two days of events? Are you kidding me? Talking about making his priorities clear! Sorry Someity 😢