Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
@Bloomberg-News·2.8M subscribers·39.1K videos

Tokyo 2020: Australia's Olympic Softball Team Arrives in Japan

Posted

June 1, 2021

Views

1,802

Likes

15

Comments

4

Engagement

1.05%

Search the Record

Indexed

Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.

Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.

Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line

YouTube Description

as posted by the channel

The Australian Olympic softball team has arrived at Japan's Narita International Airport. The group is one of the first teams to arrive ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics which is scheduled to open on July 23.

Japan’s medical establishment is becoming increasingly anxious about bringing together 78,000 people from 200 countries for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, even as the country struggles to keep coronavirus infections under control and speed up vaccinations.

Organizers had initially planned to have about 10,000 doctors, nurses and medical staff on standby for the games, scheduled to start in less than two months, but have had to cut that number down to about 7,000 because they’ll be needed to handle ongoing outbreaks.

Although Japan has seen one of the lowest infection rates among rich industrialized nations, it has been trying to bring under control a rise in infections since late last year. A third state of emergency was expanded and extended in Tokyo and other big cities, with limited results. Speculation over the possible cancellation of the games intensified after the U.S. warned Americans not to travel to Japan.

Subscribe to our YouTube channel

Bloomberg Quicktake brings you live global news and original shows spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world.

To watch complete coverage on Bloomberg Quicktake 24/7, visit or watch on Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Fire TV and Android TV on the Bloomberg app.

Connect with us on…

Breaking News on YouTube

Guests & Subjects Covered

Tokyo 2020The Australian OlympicTokyo OlympicsAlthough JapanJapan SubscribeBloomberg QuicktakeAndroid TVYouTube Breaking News

Sentinel Indexing in Progress

Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.

All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.

Tokyo 2020: Australia's Olympic Softball Team Arrives in Japan · Bloomberg News · Sentinel