mariko oi, thanks so much. maybe either in _ divided. mariko oi, thanks so much.aybe either in cancer. plenty - divided. mariko oi, thanks so much. maybe either in cancer. plenty to i maybe either in cancer. plenty to come here —— in ginzo. plenty to come here —— in ginzo. plenty to come here —— in ginzo. plenty to come here from tokyo. thank you. more workers in england will now be able to avoid self—isolation if they're contacted by nhs test and trace or pinged by the covid app. a government scheme, which had just been for supermarket depots and food manufacturers, is now being extended to include front line emergency services and some transport workers. the scheme was due to start yesterday, but has been delayed until at least monday. richard burge is from the london chamber of commerce. could to have you with us. what do you make of the scheme?- could to have you with us. what do you make of the scheme? well, it is inadeauate you make of the scheme? well, it is inadequate and _ you make of the scheme? well, it is inadequate and it _ you make of the scheme? wel

mariko oi, thank you so much for _ well. mariko oi, thank you so much for the _ well. well. mariko oi, thank you so| much for the moment. before well. mariko oi, thank you so - much for the moment. before we head back to london, i can bring you right up to date with some of the latest covid figures relating to these games. 17 more infections, one from a resident inside the olympic tillage, one athlete outside of it, 17 in totalfor today. —— village. sincejuly one, everything related to people entering into the country for the olympics, it brings the caseload to 127. back to lewis in london for the rest of the news. i think that will be a theme, the covid updates as well as the covid updates as well as the sporting update. give for bringing it to us so brilliantly there, thank you. in western india, more than 100 people have been killed after torrential monsoon rains triggered landslides and flooding in the state of maharashtra. officials say dozens of bodies have been recovered from a landslide in the district of raigad, with more feared trapped. hundreds of villages a

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ok, mariko oi therefore us in - country. ok, mariko oi i therefore us in shimbashi country.hi in tokyo. now as promised, let's look ahead to what's coming up in day 6. japan is starting the day still on top of the medal tally with 13 gold medals, one more than china, with the united states sitting in third place. we can go live now to our sports presenter sarah mulkerrins who's covering all the action in tokyo. sarah, the men's golf is underway, we've got more to come from the pool and we've had some medals in the rowing. yes, good morning here from tokyo. the first metals of the dayjust handed out in the last hour or so and rowing and there has been history for ireland in the last few minutes because the last few minutes because the men's pose lightweight bubble skulls boat has won gold, that spiral and's first ever gold medal in rowing and it was the rowers of paula donovan and fenton mccarthy on that boat, they had so much pressure coming into them in these games, the world's fastest boat and they qualified as favourite. they were approached by the german boat all the way

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mariko oi, thank you very much there. - oi, thank you very much there. mariko oi in tokyo.d will now be able to avoid self—isolation if they're contacted by nhs test and trace or pinged by the covid app. a government scheme which had just been for supermarket depots and food manufacturers is now being extended to include front line emergency services and some transport workers. the scheme was due to start yesterday, but has been delayed until at least monday. tony sophoclides is from ukhospitality, the trade group representing the hotels and hospitality sector. what do you make of this scheme and the delay, tony? what do you make of this scheme and the delay. tony?— the delay, tony? well, the scheme in itself is good — the delay, tony? well, the scheme in itself is good news _ the delay, tony? well, the scheme in itself is good news in _ the delay, tony? well, the scheme in itself is good news in terms _ the delay, tony? well, the scheme in itself is good news in terms of - itself is good news in terms of getting the early parts of the supply chain moving because they are o

mariko oi spoke to one of them.sponsored event in sport's history. japanese companies have gone all in, spending more than $3 billion, but those sponsors have been facing some backlash from the japanese public who opposed the games. ntt is japan's biggest telecoms operator and is one of the local sponsors. the company told the bbc it has no regrets about being an olympic sponsor and that it will work with the organising committee to achieve the goals of tokyo 2020. but ntt had planned to show off its augmented reality technology during the sailing events at the games so spectators could watch the races up close as if they were on the water near the competitors. the executive research engineer at ntt explains how they have been adjusting to the last changes. translation: unfortunately with the decision not to allow any spectators, we cannot get them to enjoy— spectators, we cannot get them to enjoy it— spectators, we cannot get them to enjoy it but they will still be athletes, their staff and other— be athletes, thei

mariko oi there. such an - mariko 0i there.of this crisis has been communications around vaccines, vaccines and the role of social media. and the messages that do fail to connect. apologies for a bit of breakup on that line to mariko 0i in tokyo. also in tokyo, all the sporting action. sarah mulkerrins is let's start with a new world record broken in the pool. absolutely. great excitement here this morning, _ absolutely. great excitement l here this morning, particularly for south african sport bands because tatyana schoenmaker because tatya na schoenmaker broke because tatyana schoenmaker broke a record in the 200m breaststroke, she has been in brilliant form, she won silver in the 100m. and you can see her surprise, when she touched the wall, she realised she had one gold and a couple of seconds later she looked up at the time and couldn't believe it. there was a quick time in the women's 100m freestyle with australia's emma mckeon winning gold, the second woman to go under 52 seconds there are so some great performances from

still to come on the programme, we'll be coming back — live — to tokyo with our very own mariko oi. a bit of excitement despite all the controversies. coming down the ladder now. that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight for the first crash in the 30 year history of concorde, the world's only supersonic airliner. it was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence and hatred to that tore apart the state of yugoslavia. but now a decade later, it has been painstakingly rebuilt and opens again today. there's been a 50% decrease in spurn quantity, and an increase in malfunctioning spurn unable to swim properly. thousands of households across the country are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potter. this is newday on the bbc. in singapore, our headlines... the final countdown to tokyo's delayed olympics. anticipation rises — but so do the covid cases and controversies. the opening ceremony is just hours away. china deals with the devastating aftermath of cata

mariko oi is in tokyo for us. in a second — but first, you've got news of a gold rush at the olympicsgrab one newspaper, but practically thejudo siblings one newspaper, but practically the judo siblings winning double gold medals for the nation and for the family on the front page of every newspaper this morning. we also had the japanese competitor for skateboarding winning the first olympic gold in skateboarding, and our competitor winning the first gold in swimming. you are talking about the heat and, when it comes to endurance sport, especially outside, it has been brutal — i'm not sure if you can see the temperature board behind me, it's only 8am but it's getting really, really hot. and we heard from novak djokovic and tennis complaining about the heat — but this has axley been an issue ever since i was a child, especially if you were playing sport at school —— this has actually been an issue. that means schools and teachers have to be extra careful. under the scorching sun of tokyo, girls from this high school carry on with their extracurricular activities. but every year, around

mariko oi there.resident biden has defended the withdrawal of us forces from afghanistan, saying he wasn't prepared to send another generation of americans to fight there. mr biden said washington had achieved its initial goal of punishing those who launched the september 11th attacks, but admitted the taliban's growing strength caused uncertainty. mr biden said that there was no sence in prolonging the us stay in afghanistan beyond the end of next month. in 2011, the nato allies and partners agreed that we would end our combat mission in 2014. in 2014, some argued one more year. so we kept fighting, we kept taking casualties. in 2015, the same — and on and on. nearly 20 years of experience has shown us that the current security situation only confirms that just one more year fighting in afghanistan is not a solution but a recipe for being there indefinitely. it is up to the afghans to make the decision about the future of their country. our north america correspondent, david willis, says there are qu

i'm joined now by mariko oi who is in tokyo for us.alling on younger people in particular to get vaccinated, blaming them in some respects for the surge, as those in their 20s and 30s have been out and about celebrating, rather than isolating. how quickly will this go into effect? if successful, it will go into effect on august two. they will have to consult with lawmakers and so on, but the official announcement is expected later this evening. it was widely expected because it was governors of those prefectures requesting the national government declare a state of emergency. also, the state of emergency. also, the state of emergency for tokyo has been extended to quinoa to the end of august. how effective it will be remains to be seen. some areas have been under a state of emergency for two weeks but we still see a surge in cases, so what the government can do is what we need to know. mariko, exactly. there was always going to be criticism that the olympics were going to be a super spread event. the japanese prime minister has been de

the bbc�*s mariko oi is outside the olympic park in tokyo. er whether people were able to see those scenes of hearty winning in the pool and whether they have been some there for the wonderful story we were definitely watching her winning the first gold medal in the pool, as you say, a huge excitement, especially after the disappointing news of daiya seto not making it to the finals yesterday —— ohashi. he said after the game but he tried to reserve some energy for the finals, learning from the mistake of the most recent games where he felt almost too tired during the finals, but he miscalculated so it was a bit disappointing but ohashi bringing you the second battle after takato brought the metal yesterday in judo. after takato brought the metal yesterday injudo. —— medal. i can see on the screen below me that she is receiving her medal right now and has a draped around her head and has those wonderful flowers as well as she waves the flow is a loft with a few people at the stage and we know that crowds are not able to attend these events. a

the bbc�*s mariko oi is in tokyo. some big pictures and spreads of those gold and silver—medallist today on the front of the newspapers? absolutely. i have managed to grab one of them but i have to say takato naohisa's picture was on every single newspaper. notjust was on every single newspaper. not just about was on every single newspaper. notjust about him winning the first gold medal but how he was really disappointed five years ago in rio, winning bronze, and he overcame the enormous pressure he was under and winning the first gold medal. the first silver medal, the first medalforjapan, the first medal forjapan, the 500th first medalforjapan, the 500th medalfor teamjapan in 500th medal for team japan in olympic 500th medalfor teamjapan in olympic history. i were watching a local programme this morning, takato naohisa's first ever coach was watching that match with him and takato naohisa told him five minutes after winning that gold medal so a lot of excitement. some disappointment in gymnastics and swimming, with

mariko oi in tokyo for us. american government workers to get vaccinated or else face compulsory covid testing and restrictions. the administration is struggling with increasing infection rates, while around half the population is refusing a jab. mr biden also offered incentives, including cash, for people who go to be vaccinated. our north america correspondent david willis told me more. coronavirus cases have risen in all but one state over the course of the last seven days, most of it fuelled, of course, by the spread of the delta variant, yet barely 50% of the population here is fully vaccinated. and that leaves about 19 million americans who are eligible for a vaccine but have so far chosen not to get one. and today, president biden expressed a measure of frustration, a measure of desperation. he said this was not a political issue — there was nothing political about this — and he blamed misinformation, social media and other platforms, for the reasons for a lot of people not getting theirjabs. he announce

mariko oi is in tokyo for us. it, with reports that tennis players in early matches on saturday had to take medical time outs before they continued playing? indeed, i'm not sure if you can see the temperature board behind me — it's only seven a:m., but it is getting really hot. though i have to say it's been a lot of excitement in japan about the gold rush that we've seen on every front page of the newspapers just gold—medal. these 21 double gold medals... also the japanese competitor in skateboarding winning the first gold. so there's been a lot of excitement about that, but as you said, when it comes to the endurance outside, it has been brutally hot. we've heard from novak djokovic in tennis especially complaining about it. but this has been an issue every year ever since i was a kid if you are a playing a sport outside. it's been getting hotter and hotter every year because of climate change, meaning schools have to be extra careful. under the scorching sun of tokyo, girls from this high school carry on with t

the bbc�*s mariko oi is in tokyo. we saw the opening ceremony on friday night.on saturday morning, here? well, as rupert mentioned in his report, we felt that excitement here as well outside the liberty stadium. several 100 people gathered to watch it. they were very excited to see that roving globe made by several 100 drones here as well. i also managed to grab some newspapers for you. i managed to grab some newspapers for you this morning. this is a delayed by a year, no cheers. but it also says that let's hope sport bring some joy. it wishes the athletes good luck but to stay safe and healthy. and i want to show you this picture of the emperor naruhito, who declared the opening of the tokyo olympics just like his grandfather for the 1964 games. there were some people on twitter who were comparing the duration of the emperor's speech, which wasn't long, versus thomas bucks�* speech, which went for ten minutes. but overall, a lot of positive reaction to the opening ceremony from last night. in one of the main attractions at the opening ceremony, particularly fo

the bbc�*s mariko oi is in tokyo.olic and important day, the arrival of the olympic torch, but a very muted one? indeed, and if the plan was for the torch relay to start today, of course a couple of days ago was that the decision was made to cancel the torch relay and replace it with flame lighting ceremonies to be streamed online across japan, and for the torch to get to tokyo there have been a number of disruptions as well, partly because of the pandemic, but also because of the strong public opposition to the games. remember, an overwhelming majority of the japanese public has been asking for the games to be cancelled or at least postponed, and a couple of days ago a woman extinguished the flame with a water pistol, which goes to show how quite a lot of people are still feeling against the games going ahead. as you said, it is now in tokyo and the games will begin in two weeks, sojust as and the games will begin in two weeks, so just as the government announced a fourth state of emergencyjust yesterday, covering th

mariko oi, thank you.out the action on today, day six of the olympics where we have seen more medals in the pool and ended the water. let's go to our sports reporter, sarah, who has been covering the action and tokyo. success in at the pool for one of the us�*s biggest stars? absolutely, caleb drizzle, there has been so much focus and attention on him in the buildup to the games. many think he is the heir to michael phelps, we know all about him and his medals. caleb drizzle was going and as first individualfinal. —— caleb individual final. —— caleb drizzle. individualfinal. —— caleb drizzle. his medals came and relays. he hasn't won a gold and an individual rest before. this was the men's 100 and an individual rest before. this was the men's100 metres freestyle final, two lengths of the pool. theyjust go as fast as they can. he got a brilliant start, first to the turn, and then just hung start, first to the turn, and thenjust hung on. he almost got kept to the wall by the 2016 champion, kyle chalmers of a

still to come on the programme, we'll be coming back — live — to tokyo with our very own mariko oi.ement despite all the controversy! coming down the ladder now. that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight for the first crash in the 30 year history of concorde, the world's only supersonic airliner. it was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence and hatred that tore apart the state of yugoslavia. but now a decade later, it has been painstakingly rebuilt and opens again today. there's been a 50% decrease in| sperm quantity, and an increase in malfunctioning sperm unable to swim properly. _ thousands of households across the country are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potter. this is newsday on the bbc. the headlines... the final countdown to tokyo's delayed olympics. anticipation rises — but so do the covid cases and controversies. the opening ceremony is just hours away. china deals with the devastating aftermath of catastrophic flooding. thousands a

mariko oi there.at the united states is facing a "pandemic of the unvaccinated", as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads rapidly in areas where the uptake ofjabs has been low. speaking in virginia, mr biden praised the governor of alabama — kay ivey — who said it was time to start blaming the unvaccinated for the rise in infections. here's our north america correspondent david willis. with less than 34% of its population fully vaccinated, alabama is the least vaccinated state in this country. and the remarks on thursday by its republican governor were well received by the white house. they are supposed to have common sense. but it is time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the regular folks because unvaccinated folks are letting us down. in a speech, the president echoed the assertion that the recent rise in covid—19 cases was the fault of those who have refused to be vaccinated. what we have now is a pandemic beyond vaccinating. here is the point. almost all the covid—19 deaths and hosp

mariko oi has the details.an exciting evening for teamjapan but in particular for one family — judo siblings uta and hifumi abe winning double gold medals within an hour of each other, and now the hashtag the most powerful siblings is trending on social media. also, earlier in the day, we had yuto horigome winning the first ever gold medalfor skateboarding. we went out to find out how people made of his achievements. let's take a listen. translation: | used to do - skateboarding and i knew horigome, so congratulations to him for finally winning the gold medal. especially in this heat. and hopefully this will make the sport more popular. translation: it's a proud moment i forjapan, especially given this i is the first gold medal for skateboarding at the olympics. translation: i wasn't too excited about the olympics because of all the scandals, but it does make me happyl to see good performance ofjapanese athletes. - so team japan now winning their fifth gold medal. and now sport minds have practically taken over

i'm joined now by mariko oi who is in the shimbashi district in tokyo.es injapan that tops, for the first time, daily records yesterday, putting hospitals under increasing strain. how is that affecting the ability of people to get out and about, given the fact that japan is now out and about, given the fact thatjapan is now in out and about, given the fact that japan is now in the fourth state of emergency? i that japan is now in the fourth state of emergency?— state of emergency? i have to sa , not state of emergency? i have to say. not much _ state of emergency? i have to say, not much has _ state of emergency? i have to say, not much has changed i state of emergency? i have to i say, not much has changed since the fourth state of emergency was declared. as you can probably see behind me, a lot of commuters are getting to the office and also last night after 8pm which is when restaurants and bars are asked to close but many of them remained open, loosely because —— mostly because of the money the government promised and financial support but it's takin

our correspondent mariko oi, is in shimbashi, tokyo.w have a new star, momiji nishiya becoming the youngest athletes ever at the age of 13 in japan to be winning a gold medal. she looked so relaxed, when she was asked how heavy her gold medal was, and she said it feels like it weighs and she said it feels like it weighs a tonne. meanwhile, we havejudo bringing us the seventh gold medal, and we've seen spectacular performances by those judo class, including the siblings, bringing the double gold medals, who are on the front pages of all the newspapers in japan this morning. we also had no naomi osaka for a ghosting —— naomi osaka progressing to the next stage. we'll have more from mariko in a moment, but let's reflect on japan's success with robin kietlinski. you're an expert injapanese sporting history at the city university of new york. you are author of japanese you are author ofjapanese women in sport, so i want to ask you about momiji nishiya. she's absolutely smashed it, hasn't she?- smashed it, hasn't she? yeah, absolutely- _ smas

tokyo bay here in the south of the japanese capital, let's head to the heart of the city and find mariko oi this saturday lunchtime, i wonder what you make of the feeling now that the games are under way from the japanese public? under way from the japanese ublic? , ., , under way from the japanese ublic? , . , ., , public? rupert was here last niuht public? rupert was here last night and — public? rupert was here last night and this _ public? rupert was here last night and this is _ public? rupert was here last night and this is where - public? rupert was here last night and this is where it - public? rupert was here last| night and this is where it was jampacked with not a lot of social distancing, i have to wait. and this morning and now at lunchtime as well we see quite a lot of people queueing up quite a lot of people queueing up and waiting for their turn to take a picture with the olympic rings. last night when people were here there were at least several hundred people here as well and that roving display created by some 2000 drones created excitement. some of the newspapers this mo

mariko oi there.jokovic, has been knocked out in the main semi final by germany's alexander zverev. it dashes the serbian's dreams of winning his first singles gold medal and completing a golden slam. that is all four tennis majors and the olympic title. here is our tennis correspondent, russell fuller. it is a surprise, lucy, and i think zverev completely appreciated the magnitude of the moment. he knew that novak djokovic was trying to do what only one tennis player in history had done, and that was steffi graf, winning the golden slam in 1988 — and having won the first three grand slams of the year and having won his first four matches in tokyo, he was very much on track ahead of the us open, which starts at the end of august. but from the middle of the match, zverev started swinging, swinging for the hills, if you like, trying to be much more aggressive, and he won ten of the last 11 games of the match, as djokovic ran out of energy in the humidity. indeed. a few other sporting headlines for you,

i'm joined now by mariko oi who is in tokyo. ive has the vaccination strategy been injapan? it has been relatively slow, and it does feel a little unfair, as rupert said, young people are encouraged to get vaccinated, even though there isn't enough jab is to go around. young people have also been somewhat blamed for not listening to the state of emergency and staying at home, although i have seen every age group out. this is the fourth time of the state of emergency, so people are fed up, they got used to it. the fact that the olympics are taking place is also sending the wrong message. you touched on this point before, about the japanese constitution not allowing any strict lockdown measures to be brought in. is there any way? could they extend emergency measures to make the more effective? that is the question. the government has proposed to expand the state of emergency to the three surrounding prefectures of tokyo, also to osaka stop and okinawa has seen an extension. how effective it will be, we don't know. there has been a

mariko oi has the details.an winning its first gold medal and naohisa takato giving a very emotional interviewjust now, following funa tonaki, also ofjudo, winning silver and according to the japanese olympic committee her silver medal was the 500th medal for team japan olympic history, so quite an exciting moment for her as well. a bit of disappointment in gymnastics with kohei uchimura not qualifying for the finals, but a lot of people will be watching rikako ikee in swimming. of course, she was diagnosed with leukaemia two years ago. she inspired many by qualifying for this year's olympic games. and let's not forget japan's women's football team, nadeshiko, up against team gb as well. and i think it is fair to say that the japanese government officials have been hoping that once the games are under way and once japanese athletes start winning medals, as we saw this evening, the public opinion may start to change. of course, we have been reporting strong public opposition, even last night during the opening c

mariko oi, bbc news, tokyo. cuba is reporting record numbers of covid infections.the worst affected area is the western province rate isjust under two— and— a— quarter thousand per hundred— thousand residents. some tennis news now — and the men's world number one, novak djokovic, has won wimbledon for the sixth time. he secured the title, by beating italy's matteo berretini in four sets — despite losing the first. it's his twentieth grand slam singles title, equalling the record held by his great rivals, rafa nadal and roger federer. it means novak has now won all three grand slams to be played so far this year — with the chance of securing the �*calendar slam' at the us open in september. let's take you back to the news that italy have been crowned champions of europe, winning euro 2020 on penalties. there's been dejection for england fans — our reporterjames reynolds has been watching with many of them at a fanpark in croydon south of london. there were such cheers for the penalty shoot—out at them in the final penalty was saved, they just stopped where the final

mariko oi is in tokyo. we must member this is the fourth state of emergency tokyo is under. has not exact leak on down. it's not a strict lockdown, there is no penalty — though the first in a state of emergencies back in last april, people actually obliged. but by the first time, people are rather fed up. dust fourth time. and people on the street will say you can technically tell us to stay at home when the government forged ahead with the olympics, despite strong public opposition. so this surge is probably inevitable, it's public opposition. so this surge is probably inevitable, its past 8pm now which is when bars and restaurants have been asked to close. but you can probably see behind me that some of them remain open. this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story... england, scotland, and wales have relaxed travel rules allowing double—vaccinated visitors from the eu and united states with no quarantine. to the us, where the delta variant is also spreading rapidly and vaccination rates are low. officials say vaccination rates have fallen to the lowe

mariko oi is in tokyo for us. of a gold rush at the olympics forjapan don't you — how exciting! indeed, a lot of excitement about japan indeed, a lot of excitement aboutjapan winning a lot of gold meadows in the last two days. i grabbed one newspaper for you but every front page of the newspapers is of the judo siblings winning double gold medals for the nation and of course for the family. also a skateboarding gold medal, the first ever in skateboarding, which was very impressive and also hashi surprising the nation, winning the first gold medal in the pool. but when it comes to endurance and outdoor sports and the temperature board behind me, it's only early in the morning and it's getting brutally hot. we have heard from athletes like novak djokovic complaining about the heat and this is an issue every year. it has been getting hotter and hotter every year because of climate change and that means schools and teachers have to be extra careful to protect the children. under the scorching sun of tokyo, girls from

i'm joined now by mariko oi, who is in the vibrant shimbashi district in tokyo.ant is now spreading rapidly across the us with many parts of asia. tell us the situation injapan with the record numbers with seeing, how is it affecting hospitals that are under increasing strain? . , that are under increasing strain? ., , ., strain? hospitals are getting overwhelmed _ strain? hospitals are getting overwhelmed but _ strain? hospitals are getting overwhelmed but it - strain? hospitals are getting overwhelmed but it should l strain? hospitals are getting l overwhelmed but it should not affect the games because we heard from the country and officials, emphasising that the games would continue. but it was probably, the fourth state of emergency, people have been joking that it's no longer an emergency, it has become the norm. were not stuck in particular, but surrounding prefectures that are asking the national government to declare a state of emergency. in i need to have thousand yesterday as well but if you were just watching people going about, the number of people ha

i'm joined now by mariko oi who is in tokyo for us.as always going to be a criticism there was always going to be a criticism that the olympics for a super spreader event. how much criticism is a japanese prime minister coming under now and how is he defending himself?— and how is he defending himself? ., , , and how is he defending himself? . , , ., himself? there has been quite a lot of criticism. _ himself? there has been quite a lot of criticism. it _ himself? there has been quite a lot of criticism. it does - himself? there has been quite a lot of criticism. it does feel - lot of criticism. it does feel a little unfair that there is not enough jab to go around. and yet young people are encouraged to get vaccinated. that's primarily the reaction i'm sitting here. young people have also somewhat been blamed for not listening to the request to stay at home and going out. we've been reporting every day outside and it's not just young people it's every age group that we've noticed. that's because of what we've been discussing, this is

let's speak to our reporter mariko oi in shibuya.ve been on the ground for the duration of the olympics and, firstly, give us a sense of what you feel on the ground from the japanese public in terms of these games taking place and how safe or not they feel. �* , , ., place and how safe or not they feel. a ., feel. as you say there are confirmed _ feel. as you say there are confirmed covid - feel. as you say there are confirmed covid cases - feel. as you say there are i confirmed covid cases within that olympic village and that is definitely concerning a lot of people here if we have been reporting an overwhelming majority of the japanese public have been against the olympics wanting them to be either cancelled or at least postponed once again. but over the last month ago it even among my own friends, people arejust month ago it even among my own friends, people are just giving up. the games are going to go ahead regardless of how they felt that there have been semitic scandals and the latest, of course is the composer of the opening

here's our correspondent mariko oi, who is north of tokyo in miyagi.omi osaka — the world number two, of course, as you said, and world four—time major champion — losing that match. she was, of course, one of the favourites to win the tournament, but she's leaving her first olympics without a medal. she did express her disappointment, though she did say that she was glad to have participated in the olympics. but a lot of shock and surprise here injapan. thanks to mariko. stay with us on outside source. still to come: malcolm turnbull, the former prime minister of australia, says not ordering enough shots was a failure for his country. the first person to be charged under hong kong's controversial national security law. here is danny vincent. there was an argument the prosecutors used, they claim the words used on his banner, the political slogan that was used, the words liberate and hong kong, that now has been deemed as essentially an act of terrorism. we don't know when his sentencing will be, we know they will be mitigation later this week, but we d

—— mariko oi. indeed. one newspaper with a picture of takato naohisa winning his gold medal. his picture was on every newspaper in the morning. not just about getting the gold but how he overcame the disappointment and pressure of rio where he got a bronze medal. sporting news overtaking the scandal and controversy which is what the government had been hoping for. i was also going to mention do bouquet from the bouquet he and other medallist are holding. it comes from namie, the town which had to be evacuated after the fukushima nuclear accident. so not just takato fukushima nuclear accident. so notjust takato naohisa not just takato naohisa achieving notjust takato naohisa achieving his olympic dream but also namie farmers also having also namie farmers also having a victory as well.— a victory as well. you mention sot a victory as well. you mention spot taking — a victory as well. you mention spot taking over _ a victory as well. you mention spot taking over from - a victory as well. you mention spot tak

we are here at tokyo bay in the south of the japanese capital but let's go to the bbc�*s mariko oi whoin the centre of tokyo. we saw those great scenes of the opening ceremony last night but we do know, don't we, that these games are taking place in a pretty tough time with the coronavirus pandemic. ongoing all around the world, and here injapan. what is the feeling from locals around it?— what is the feeling from locals around it? ., ., ., , around it? sarah, i am not sure whether you — around it? sarah, i am not sure whether you can _ around it? sarah, i am not sure whether you can see _ around it? sarah, i am not sure whether you can see behind - around it? sarah, i am not sure| whether you can see behind me. this is outside the stadium where rupert was. it was jampacked last night and you can see a lot of people still queueing up to take a picture with the olympic rings this morning. when people were here last night watching the opening ceremony from outside the olympic stadium, they got very excited when they saw that roving globe made of 2000 drones last night. i also managed to

i'm joined now by mariko oi who is in tokyo for us. extremely difficult for people to get a vaccination appointment. goverment calling on younger people in particular to get vaccinated — how effective has a vaccination strategy in japan how effective has a vaccination strategy injapan ben? it’s how effective has a vaccination strategy in japan ben?- strategy in japan ben? it's not bein: strategy in japan ben? it's not being very — strategy in japan ben? it's not being very effective _ strategy in japan ben? it's not being very effective is - strategy in japan ben? it's not being very effective is the - strategy in japan ben? it's not. being very effective is the short answer. it does feel a little unfair that there is not enough jobs to go around and yet young people are encouraged to get vaccinated. that's primarily the reaction among young people. if you want us to get vaccinated, make them available. as for people not obliging to the governments request to stay at home and going out, i don't think that's just young people either. we

let's speak to our reporter mariko oi in shibuya. what have people been telling you the?t have people been telling ou the? ~ , ., ., you the? i think it is fair to say that — you the? i think it is fair to say that people _ you the? i think it is fair to say that people are - you the? i think it is fair to say that people are not - you the? i think it is fair to - say that people are not exactly convinced by the ioc argument. those confirmed covid—19 cases inside the olympic village definitely making people very nervous about it, and if i may say, it has been one scandal after another. the latest has been that the composer of the opening ceremony�*s music had to step down after apologising for bullying disabled classmates when he was at school, but he somewhat boasted about it in a magazine interview in the 1990s and criticism was notjust towards the composer himself but also the organising committee because if you remember over the last few years we have had their own president having to step down because of his sexist remarks, but also the creative director of the openi

mariko oi is in ginza, which is one of the city's top shopping districts. ll tuned to the skateboarding. it's incredibly exciting. it's great to watch, but it turns out there's another reason the japanese are watching so closely, and that's because they took gold. very exciting moment for team japan, the first—ever olympic gold medal won byjapan, very young boy who did a remarkablejob, so it was very exciting to watch, glued to television inside our car just now. . translation: | used to do - skateboarding and i knew horigome, so congratulations to him for winning the gold medal. especially in this heat. and hopefully this will make the sport more popular. translation: it's a proud moment i forjapan, especially given this i is the first gold medal for skateboarding at the olympics. translation: | wasn't too | excited about the olympics, because of all the scandals but iti does make me happy to see good performance of japanese athletes. the other talking point, lots and social media is the significance of the flowers that the medal winners are receiving as th

the bbc�*s mariko oi is in tokyo outside the olympic village. japan celebrating a gold medal? yuto horigome winning the first ever gold medal for skateboarding winning the gold medal tally forjapan to three. we had a win in the swimming pool and 14 takato naohisa. daiya seto failed to qualify for the finals. that was a surprise. but the government and the olympic organisers will be relieved that the sporting headlines are taking over the headlights about the more controversial aspects. the flowers in the bouquet held by the athletes come from namie, a town which had to be evacuated after the because that nuclear accident. it is a very proud moment seeing their flowers being at the olympics. it is reall hot flowers being at the olympics. it is really hot although there is a breeze that, how is it impacting on things? —— fukushima. breeze that, how is it impacting on things? -- fukushima.— breeze that, how is it impacting on things? -- fukushima. never d'okovic sa s it is things? -- fukushima. never d'okovic says it is too — things? -- fukushima. never d'okovic says it is too no

the bbc�*s mariko oi is in tokyo.ere expecting originally? that torch relay was _ expecting originally? t�*isgt torch relay was supposed start in just under ten minute, torch relay was supposed start injust under ten minute, not farfrom where i am injust under ten minute, not far from where i am staying,, and replace it with the flame lighting ceremonies. it will be streamed on line, and of course as you mentioned, it is faced many disruptions, partly because of the pandemic also the strong opposition. if you remember a couple of days ago, a woman trying to distinct —— extinguish the flame with a water pistol, and got arrested so it shows how many are against it to go ahead. i was watching a documentary about the 196a tokyo olympics. it's a stark contrast to what it was then. i stark contrast to what it was then. , ., ., then. i remember in london in 2012, when — then. i remember in london in 2012, when the _ then. i remember in london in 2012, when the flame - then. i remember in london in 2012, when the flame went -

here's more from mariko oi. under the scorching sun of tokyo.ennis club carry on with their extracurricular activities. but every year around 3000 children suffer from activities. but every year around 3000 children sufferfrom heat stroke during club activities like this. there have even been deaths in the past. the school's tennis coach of 17 years says the hottest summers mean they have to be extra careful. translation: we measure heat stress indexes every hour- to make sure it is safe to practise. lately, we have gathered early in the morning at 7:15am or the late afternoon when , ., isn't too high. it is under the seat that the top athletes are competing for gold during these games. the conditions mean we are less likely to see a volley of world records tumbling. just by being in heat exposure, the cardiovascular — your heart system — has to work harder to maintain your performance and also your body's ability to thermoregulate, maintain your temperature in a good state — that would also be impacted greatly. the last timejapan held a summer

the bbc�*s mariko oi is in tokyo.ast night much scaled—down compared to what we would have seen before the pandemic. we saw some protests, some of that newsletter because there were no there. i wonder howjapan is there were no there. i wonder how japan is feeling around that opening ceremony. i suppose that sense of pride that could have come with it a few years ago, when you think the feelings are now?- the feelings are now? rupert mentioned — the feelings are now? rupert mentioned a _ the feelings are now? rupert mentioned a couple - the feelings are now? rupert mentioned a couple of- the feelings are now? rupert mentioned a couple of 100 i mentioned a couple of 100 people gathering here last night and they were very excited to see that globe made by some 2000 drones. they were excited to see that. i managed to grab some newspapers view this morning. this is a delayed by a year, no cheers. but it also says that let's hope the games bring some joy. also says that let's hope the games bring somejoy. it wishes the athl