tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post8553975256243863191..comments2024-03-14T07:32:30.141+09:00Comments on Marketing Japan: Olympics! Sex! Scandals! Bribery! Geishas and Sushi! Burning Books and Nazis! This Post Has it All!mike in tokyo rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-19413915376664906892011-07-19T08:00:14.057+09:002011-07-19T08:00:14.057+09:00Let's start a "No Olympics in Tokyo"...Let's start a "No Olympics in Tokyo" Movement!mike in tokyo rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-79557339944474361072011-07-19T01:28:56.445+09:002011-07-19T01:28:56.445+09:00We really don't need Olympic in Tokyo. Mr. Ish...We really don't need Olympic in Tokyo. Mr. Ishihara will clean up the "play area" just to pretend to be a healthy city.<br /><br />He killed Kabuki-chou by that. Kabuki-chou has become just a place for Chinese tourists. Kawaguchi city mayer in Saitama prefecture, who is a friend of Mr. Ishihara, killed Nishi-Kawaguchi in the same way. Now nobody goes there and even local papa-mama shops also died.Kazu in Tokyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12372751343737858891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-62382679216181534082011-07-18T20:20:17.920+09:002011-07-18T20:20:17.920+09:00The ruling party bosses and their gangster pals al...The ruling party bosses and their gangster pals always find a way to enrich themselves by foisting money losing boondoggles like the Olympics on the people. The Olympic spirit: jingoism, graft, bribery, cheating and even murder.<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/dec/11/mexico<br /><br />The Olympic Games truly are a tribute to government.Andy "In Japan"https://www.blogger.com/profile/04505038501136945817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-85138826726126314632011-07-18T20:05:03.396+09:002011-07-18T20:05:03.396+09:00The myth that the Olympics/World Cup/etc. gives th...The myth that the Olympics/World Cup/etc. gives the area hosting it an economic boost is...a myth. There are always a few well-connected companies and perhaps very specific industries that benefit, but the rest are shafted. <br /><br />I feel sorry for all those South African vendors who got kicked out of the area during the WC.Murasaki Shikibuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956944811391367016noreply@blogger.com