Tokyo Olympics coverage

I’ve been a listener of this podcast for a while and do generally enjoy it, but I have to correct the reporting on the Tokyo Olympics section. The decision to not have spectators was not a political decision due to dropping LDP popularity or public opinion. Tokyo residents were worried about overseas spectators, but there was always the option to have only domestic spectators. In fact, having no spectators at all was very unpopular as some residents already have tickets. Furthermore, business owners are shuttering their stores not because they’re concerned about the risk, but because the government told them to. The fact that the games are happening while businesses suffer in a state of emergency is precisely what’s politically unpopular - not the decision re: spectators.