10 Aug 2021

Rain washes away Olympic fever in Tokyo, returns to Covid fears

From First Up, 5:17 am on 10 August 2021

With the Tokyo Olympic Games over and largely considered a huge success in the circumstances, the Japanese people continue to face a Covid-19 crisis that shows little sign of abating. Nathan Rarere asked our correspondent in Tokyo, Chris Gilbert, what the mood is like now that the eyes of the world are off Japan.