Japan wrestles with legacy of graft-stained Games in Paris warning

Cost over-runs, corruption and Covid all tarnished the Japanese public's memory of the Tokyo Olympics, which were held largely behind closed doors in 2021, a year later than planned. Japan consequently dropped the idea of hosting the Winter Olympics in the northern city of Sapporo because of a lack of public support. Kaori Yamaguchi, who served on the Japanese Olympic Committee's executive board for 10 years, told AFP that "Japanese people love the Olympics" and had high hopes for the Tokyo Games.