The Tokyo Olympics is running a village for athletes and coaches where more than 80% are vaccinated against the coronavirus, testing is compulsory and movement is stringently curtailed.<br /><br />None of that is true for the giant Japanese capital that surrounds the Olympic "bubble".<br /><br />The athletes’ village and Olympic press centre represent a huge, strict Covid-19 control zone for the more than 50,000 competitors, coaches, staff and journalists. Meanwhile, outside the fence, host city Tokyo - despite labouring through its fourth coronavirus lockdown as infections spike to record highs - is leading something like life as pandemic-normal.
