Tokyo Olympic bid chief says 2020 'last chance'

"Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic bid leader Tsunekazu Takeda has said that another failure to land the Games would mean a very long wait to host the world’s biggest sporting spectacle."

Yeah, right. It would mean Ishihara would accuse the other nations of bribing officials, then say he's up for a 2024 bid the next day.

Last chance because the taxpayers won't put up with more of this B.S. spending of money on it.

olympics in Japan would be a disaster, with the current power crisis and crumbling economy. There's no way we tax payers can afford this.

You mean Ishihara's last chance to line his cronies pockets.

****japan i think is now better prepared for these games then 2016. The area in tokyo where the 2016 games would have been held is an ideal backdrop. Providing they dont charge silly money for admittance to the events, the japanese economy should pick up especially with the sudden influx of a feww extra million tourists etc and with the technology japan has.... the 2020 games is not beyond them.