> And that in most respects it has be a disaster, I've lost count of the number of scandals and resignations... [2] Rather than being good PR for Japan, it feels like it's been overwhelmingly negative.

You are basically describing every olympics I can remember and most that I’ve read about before my birth.

Assassinations, at least 5 decades of doping scandals by East Germany and USSR, ice skaters’ husbands attacking competitors, Hitler, etc.

The Olympics is a rage-inducing waste of taxpayer money, but I love watching gymnastics.