Antinuclear

“Some officials even suggested they were hoping Fukushima prefecture could host the first rounds of softball and baseball, which have been added to the program for the 2020 Olympics.

The northeastern prefecture hosts the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station which suffered a triple meltdown in March 2011 after it was hit by an earthquake and resulting tsunami.

About 100,000 residents have still been unable to return home because of radioactive contamination near the complex.”

Tokyo’s preparations for the 2020 Games have been beset by problems from soaring costs to a stadium designed without the Olympic cauldron.

In less than four years, the final torch bearer will light the cauldron in the opening ceremony to start the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

But where was the cauldron in the newly selected design for the Olympic main stadium, Japanese officials asked in March.

It was just the latest in a series of controversies…