Tokyo cleaning up Imperial Palace moats amid Olympic bid

Thursday 25th June, 05:00 AM JST

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societymike at 08:16 AM JST - 25th June

quick, now that someone might be coming, lets's clean up our mess which is 60yrs overdue!! lol
franz75 at 08:59 AM JST - 25th June

In a few years we might be able to swim there! Legally this time...
Disillusioned at 09:12 AM JST - 25th June

Do they actually believe cleaning the mote will increase their chances of securing the Olympic bid? There are far more important things needs cleaning up. Starting with, cleaning up their act in general!
rajakumar at 09:21 AM JST - 25th June

Tokyo and Chicago competition up for hosting 2016 elections in October,2009.

USA football team just beat Spanish fifa ranked 1 team in confederation cup in south africa.

That did a big blow to Madrid Spain's bid for games in October.

How about rio's chances,what are brazilian doing to up chances. They ,brazil team,must win the confederation cup.
Altria at 09:23 AM JST - 25th June

Did they dredge up any more naked Brits?
rajakumar at 09:27 AM JST - 25th June

corrections-Tokyo and Chicago competitions up for hosting 2016 games in elections on October,2009.

Just 90 something days away only.
smithinjapan at 09:52 AM JST - 25th June

'Tis a shame it only took an olympic bid to do something that needs to be done otherwise.
Stonecoldsoba at 10:25 AM JST - 25th June

Do they want to hold swimming events in the moat?
ratpack at 10:53 AM JST - 25th June

wow that will impress the delegates!!!!
GAYMAN at 02:24 PM JST - 25th June

it is a great shame. my family used to spend the afternoons there on weekends. they were some of the most pleasant aquabogs i have taken
TokyoGas at 08:03 PM JST - 25th June

This should have been done years ago.
onlineparasite at 08:39 PM JST - 25th June

Olympics is always a good きっかけ to enhance existing infastructure and build new ones. There is nothing bad about that.
usaexpat at 11:23 PM JST - 25th June

Here I thought they were dredging for slain crime bosses or something. Seriously though I didn't think the moats looked that bad when I was there. Not somewhere I would swim but no floating garbage or anything.
Betting at 12:34 AM JST - 26th June

Oh, I thought that dark green colour of the moats were their natural colour. Another surprise for me!!
Fadamor at 02:41 AM JST - 26th June

When you think about it, moats are SUPPOSED to be uninviting. You want those enemies thinking twice about entering that water to attack your defenses. I suppose you wouldn't want the moat to SMELL like a moat if you're trying for the Olympic Games, though.