Japan’s Faded Olympic Dream a Stark Contrast to Optimism of 1964
- With tourism in tatters, economic hopes center on lifting mood
- None of 43 polled economists see cancellation as main scenario
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With flames scheduled to rise from the Olympic cauldron in just six weeks, the prospect of staging the Tokyo games is still firing up public angst rather than the optimism it did in 1964.
Tokyo 2020 was never expected to compete with the symbolism of Japan’s return to the international stage back then or the huge infrastructure development that fueled its growth as an economy.