Tokyo Olympics from four perspectives: 2. printing company

The next perspective is from a worker in a printing company. 

*Please note that all perspectives are imaginations based on true circumstances or events.

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I work at a printing company, which could be at risk of bankruptcy because of the Tokyo Olympics. The games will be held in many various existing sites, such as the Tokyo Big Site, Makuhari Messe, Saitama Super Arena, Yokohama Stadium, Tokyo International Forum, etc, and at Tokyo Big Site alone, more than 500 events are held annually. These events include business display and negotiation (where it is estimated that 3 trillion yen are being dealt in total), and also the famous Comic Market and other fan events. Because my company specializes in printing dojinshi (magazines created by fans), if the events get canceled due to the Olympics, our main source of income will be lost. Plus, there is no substitute sites in the Greater Tokyo Area,  because most of them is occupied for the games, and we won't be able to survive the 20 months closure. I thought the government  was looking for economic growth from the games, but for us, things are just getting worse and worse.

reference:

株式会社トーガシ,東京造形美術株式会社,株式会社ボックス・ワン,株式会社緑陽社,株式会社栄光. (2017). 2020年会場問題｜署名特設サイト. Retrieved June 28, 2017, from https://2020event.tokyo/

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