“While there were various views about holding the Games this summer, we, as the host country of the Games, fulfilled our responsibilities and achieved what we set out to do,” Suga said. But outside it, surging coronavirus cases produced several declarations of states of emergency around the country as the Games unfolded. Infections inside the so-called “Olympic bubble” ultimately were kept to a few hundred. There were protests as the Games approached, but opposition softenedafter they began and residents got engaged in following - on TV - a competition that ended with a record 58 medals for Japan, including 27 gold.
Still, many Japanese objected to holding the event at a time when the country’s virus outbreak was worsening. Most events and venues were spectatorless, and travel was heavily regulated. The requirements included multiple tests for all Olympic visitors before arrival and tests and soft quarantine upon arrival.
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