This feature was first broadcast on the BBC World Service
How were the Olympics for Tokyo's residents?

Visitors wait in a queue to take pictures with the Olympic Rings Source: Getty
For the IOC, people in Tokyo were the least important audience, though the Games were held in their city, but in a separate world.
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