The Olympics have to be held NOW because of the stupid idea that was the 2002 Fifa World Cup with Japan & Korea. They built huge stadiums in Japan for the occasion which simply are NEVER filled with just the domestic audience. These fell into disrepair over the years, but they wanted to get some use out of them. That's why they were somewhat renovated and gotten back up to beauty for the Olympics. That's why the Olympics HAVE to happen, cause otherwise they spent almost 20 years of investment on those stadiums for nothing. It's a case of sunken cost fallacy and wanting to make the best of what shit their predecessors built up, at this point. Once the Olympics and the World Cup are done with, the stadiums can basically be gotten rid of. There won't be another comparably huge event in Japan within the next 30+ years, particularly because the population will keep going down as well.
The Olympics have to be held NOW because of the stupid idea that was the 2002 Fifa World Cup with Japan & Korea. They built huge stadiums in Japan for the occasion which simply are NEVER filled with just the domestic audience. These fell into disrepair over the years, but they wanted to get some use out of them. That's why they were somewhat renovated and gotten back up to beauty for the Olympics. That's why the Olympics HAVE to happen, cause otherwise they spent almost 20 years of investment on those stadiums for nothing. It's a case of sunken cost fallacy and wanting to make the best of what shit their predecessors built up, at this point. Once the Olympics and the World Cup are done with, the stadiums can basically be gotten rid of. There won't be another comparably huge event in Japan within the next 30+ years, particularly because the population will keep going down as well.