BAD OMENSTokyo Admits Covered-Up COVID Case Was Olympic VisitorThe woman from Peru, who is Japan’s first known case of the Lambda variant, came to Japan with Olympic accreditation.Jake Adelstein
OLYMPICS FIRSTTokyo Purposely Left Deadly Variant Out of Press BriefingsEven after a Lambda case was conclusively identified at the airport, the government omitted the findings from two press releases, reluctant to raise alarms during the Olympics.Jake Adelstein
SHHHH...Tokyo Covered Up Deadly New COVID Variant for the OlympicsThe Daily Beast has discovered that Japan reported a case of the highly infectious Lambda variant in Tokyo three days before the Olympics began. Then it kept it quiet.Jake Adelstein
‘HUSH MONEY’Olympics Insider Calls Bullsh*t on Firing of Black PerformerThe employee told The Daily Beast that Tokyo organizers, who claim the musician was cut for budget reasons, were “miffed” about having an African performer in the ceremony.Chihiro Kai
FUNERAL MARCHA Notorious Japanese Composer’s Music Just Opened the GamesIn yet another tone-deaf move, organizers used a song by a virulently homophobic and ultranationalist figure to open the Olympics—despite many warnings it might go over very badly.Jake Adelstein
NOTHING TO CELEBRATEJapan’s Royalty Ditches Opening Ceremony in Epic SnubThe Empress of Japan is not attending and the Emperor is not “celebrating.” It’s all part of a carefully orchestrated maneuver. Jake Adelstein
HALF-ASSEDTokyo Is Insanely Deploying an Army of Half-Vaxxed StaffersIt all started with a shocking email sent to Olympic staffers last month.Jake Adelstein
‘BACH OFF’Japan Goes to War With Olympic Chief Over HiroshimaThe Tokyo 2020 Olympics are hated by the locals as COVID-19 numbers surpass 1,000 a day. IOC President Thomas Bach has managed to make matters even worse.Jake Adelstein
SICK JOKEWho the Hell Keeps Unplugging the Vaccine Fridges?As Japan plunges towards the Olympics, the baffling mystery of who is responsible for thousands of ruined vaccine doses is gripping the country.Jake Adelstein
