Akahata TV & radio editor in chief: Should TV news continue to cover only Olympics amid COVID-19?

As anticipated, from morning till night, TV news are reporting on the Tokyo Olympic Games. All three NHK channels are covering only the Olympics. Five commercial TV networks are also broadcasting the Olympics in day-by-day rotation from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Akahata political editor in chief: Tokyo Games should be stopped immediately to protect people’s lives

It is unacceptable for the government to endanger people’s lives with its policy blunders. In order to protect people’s lives, the Tokyo Games should be stopped immediately.

Akahata sports editor in chief: Fundamental principles and cause of Olympics buried

The Tokyo Olympics started without principles. It will be etched on most people's memory as the "Olympics where its fundamental principles were ignored".