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Why do the Japanese still seem so ambivalent about Naomi Osaka?

29 July 2021

7:15 AM

29 July 2021

7:15 AM

It had all started so well for Naomi Osaka. Dressed in the colours of the Japanese flag, the tennis star was given the signal honour of lighting the cauldron in Friday’s opening ceremony at the Tokyo Olympics. She was presented as a symbol not only of Japan, but also of the Olympic movement’s self-proclaimed diverse and progressive philosophy.

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