{"id":47395,"date":"2021-07-30T16:42:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T20:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=47395"},"modified":"2024-03-05T17:59:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T21:59:06","slug":"wit-life-355-tokyo-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2021\/07\/30\/wit-life-355-tokyo-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"WIT Life #355: Tokyo 2020 Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Interpreter\/Translator\/Writer\u00a0Stacy Smith<\/a>\u00a0(Kumamoto-ken<\/a>\u00a0CIR, 2000-03) presents WIT Life<\/a>, a periodic series about aspects of Japanese culture such as art, film, food and language. Stacy starts her day by watching\u00a0Fujisankei\u2019s newscast in Japanese, and here she offers some interesting tidbits and trends along with her\u00a0own observations.<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A quick mid-summer hello to all and hope those Olympic fans out there are enjoying the games. In lieu of a longer post, I’m going to leave you with some related articles from the Washington Post that I think are worth sharing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, an analysis of why holding the Olympics<\/a> was so important to Japan this year, as well as its historic role in the country’s post-war development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congrats to Japanese-American Olympian Erica Sullivan for getting the silver in the women\u2019s 1,500-meter freestyle! As this article<\/a> details, she wowed the crowd with the native Japanese that she learned from her mother. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, this article<\/a> discusses the complicated feelings Fukushima residents have toward the Olympics. Many feel the exorbitant amount of money used would be better spent on the Tohoku region’s continued reconstruction, and that the “recovery” being touted by Olympic organizers is nothing more than a PR ploy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy viewing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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